| WRU chairman David Pickering, Chief Executive Steve Lewis and head of group services Tim Burton will address the 21 District F clubs on the build up to, and circumstances surrounding, the departure of Mike Ruddock as Wales national coach. By Friday night the roadshow will have run through three Districts and Pickering, Lewis and Burton will have updated 83 of the 245 member clubs. They will meet Districts J, C and B in the opening three days of next week to take that number to 164.
Dubbed as the 'Red Zone Roadshow', because no questions on the subject will be left unanswered, the WRU will present the facts in the case before throwing the floor open to questions.
"The aim of the roadshow is to provide an open, honest and frank explanation of the rationale behind recent decisions taken by executive staff in relation to Mike Ruddock and his position," said Lewis.
"We will be presenting the same facts to the clubs as we have already presented to the WRU Board of Directors on two occasions. We don't want anyone to be under any misapprehensions as to real facts in this issue." The clear the air meetings will be entirely private and confidential to ensure neither party feels inhibited in the discussions - which is what is meant by the phrase 'entering the Red Zone', terminology often used by the Wales rugby team and coined recently in the national media by captain Gareth Thomas.
"If the clubs want to take the WRU into the Red Zone over this issue then I will be delighted to give them an honest assessment of recent events at WRU headquarters.
"They will be hearing the facts straight from source, so there can be no confusion or misunderstanding based on hearsay. I'm looking forward to getting the truth out there to the people that matter - our members who are the grassroots of Welsh rugby."
The WRU 'Red Zone' Roadshow Dates are as follows:
DISTRICT F - Wednesday, 1 March - 7.00pm at Ammanford Rugby Club
DISTRICT G - Thursday, 2 March - 7.00pm at Ivy Bush Hotel, Spilman Street, Carmarthen
DISTRICT A - Friday, 3 March - 7.00pm at the Hilton Hotel, Coldra, Newport
DISTRICT J - Monday, 6 March - 7.00pm at Colwyn Bay Rugby Club
DISTRICT C - Tuesday, 7 March - 7.00pm at Millennium Stadium
DISTRICT B - Wednesday, 8 March - 7.30pm at Millennium Stadium
DISTRICT H - Monday, 13 March - 7.30pm at Narberth Rugby Club
DISTRICT D - 7.00pm at the Aberavon Beach Hotel
DISTRICT E - Wednesday, 15 March - 7.30pm at Ramada Hotel, Phoenix Way, Swansea Enterprise Park
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