{"id":48874,"date":"2026-02-01T04:47:53","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T04:47:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=48874"},"modified":"2026-02-01T04:47:53","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T04:47:53","slug":"cql4xpq0z47oat_mediumrssat_campaignrss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2026\/02\/01\/cql4xpq0z47oat_mediumrssat_campaignrss\/","title":{"rendered":"Wales rugby crisis: Ospreys fans protest against WRU and Y11"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">There has also been a petition organised by the official supporters groups of Ospreys, Scarlets and Dragons calling on the WRU to stop its plans of cutting a side. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;This week is the resurgence of fans from all over Wales, the other regions joining as well as they realise how badly the Ospreys have been treated,&#8221; said Gough.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;The transparency hasn&#8217;t been there. Other fans have realised that could happen to them as easily and as quickly in the manner which it has been done to Ospreys.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;It has been the realisation of what was going on. We&#8217;ve been kept in the dark.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;There is unrest among Cardiff supporters, they&#8217;re not happy about how this has been handled and the implications.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;That has brought a sense that none of us are safe.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Gough also highlighted the human element.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;This has been done in such a brutal manner, you have to think of people&#8217;s families and livelihoods and their mental state,&#8221; said Gough.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;It affects everything and galvanised people against the WRU. It&#8217;s the Welsh village mentality that has brought us together with a common cause.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Not all Welsh fans have backed the petition, which has not been supported by &#8220;Crys 16&#8221;, the self-styled official supporters trust of the Scarlets who have a seat on the board of the organisation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Another fans body, calling themselves the Scarlets official supporters group, has urged people to sign the petition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">This highlights the divide between the Scarlets fans because if the Ospreys somehow survived but WRU still wanted to cut a team, it would likely to be a straight shootout between Ospreys and Scarlets for the west licence in a possible tender process.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">So as Welsh rugby often encourages, even demands, self-preservation is the key. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">If the Ospreys are preserved as a professional side beyond 2027, with the preferred option for the WRU they are not, remains to be seen.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">At least the governing body now know the Ospreys fans will not go quietly. Whether that is enough to save their team, we will wait and see.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#Wales #rugby #crisis #Ospreys #fans #protest #WRU #Y11<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There has also been a petition organised by the official supporters groups of Ospreys, Scarlets and Dragons calling on the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":48875,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48874","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mzansi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48874","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48874"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48874\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48876,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48874\/revisions\/48876"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}