Ownership revelations throw Neath takeover bid into turmoil

MUNSTER’S Celtic League final opponents Neath have been thrown into turmoil following revelations that the Welsh club are not owned by whom they thought they were.

As Welsh rugby prepares to rubber-stamp a plan to halt its dire financial crisis off the field and falling standards on it with a four-province system built along Irish lines, the country's oldest club is undergoing internal strife to match the wider problems.

Mike Cuddy, Neath's chief executive and the club's main sponsor, learned of the latest obstacle as he prepared to finalise his takeover of the Welsh All Blacks last week from the Welsh Rugby Union.