'I'm no yes man' – new WRU chair to review region cut

Lyndon Faulkner is not in his role yet but is already intent on getting to grips with both the WRU's finances and plans to cut a region. Lyndon Faulkner will be formally elected as WRU chairman in November New Welsh Rugby Union chair Lyndon Faulkner has confirmed he will review the controversial plan to cut a professional club in Wales. The millionaire business magnate and former rugby player does not officially start his role until next month. But he has already drawn up a list of priorities to get to grips with, including a review of the future number of regions and the union's "worrying" financial performance. Faulkner – the nephew of Wales great Tony 'Charlie' Faulkner – hit back at suggestions he has been appointed to simply wave through the highly contested shake-up of professional rugby which will reduce the number of regions from four to three in 2028.

"There's talk out there that whoever took this job was under the condition that they can't talk about that [regional shake-up] but that's absolutely incorrect," said Faulkner. "I wouldn't have taken the job with those conditions or if it were me needing to be a yes man. That's not me." In his first interview since accepting the role, Faulkner admitted he was not aware of the full extent of the