Rugby: 'Professionalism the way forward for Wales'

Wales will never again be a major force on the international scene unless professionalism both on and off the field is embraced, according to the clubs leading a movement to form a new professional order.

More than 240 clubs will attend an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Welsh Rugby Union in nine days to vote on the future of the game outlined in a handful of documents from various groups during the past four months.