Wales chief looks for Celtic League solution

WRU chief executive Steve Lewis will do everything in his power to get the Scots and Irish to resurrect a full-blown Celtic League campaign for next season.

Lewis will lead the Welsh delegation at a showdown meeting in Heathrow Airport today in which the future of the professional club game in three Celtic countries will be on the line. When the countries last met in May it ended in acrimony with the Scots and Irish throwing Wales out of the tournament and agreeing to play among themselves next season.

They were unhappy at the way Wales had successfully negotiated a deal with the RFU to take part in an Anglo-Welsh Cup competition over the next four years.