now huge relief, for rugby fans, especially those who ve planned their weekend, arond the wales v england 6 nations match on saturday afternoon. the match will go ahead, after the welsh players, decided against strike action. the game in cardiff was in doubt after players threatened not to turn up, because of a dispute over their contracts. 0ver100 players from the welsh regions and national side, met with bosses from the welsh rugby union and professional rugby board, and were able to come to an agreement, after compromises were made. everybody in welsh rugby needs to pull together to find the best way to move forward and need to do it collaboratively, together to put welsh rugby back at the top of world rugby are not the laughing stock we are at the moment and i think we can do that with the collaboration agreed. do that with the collaboration aareed. : , do that with the collaboration aureed. , ~ do that with the collaboration aureed.: , ~ ., agreed. andy murray said he would like
who can stop the lionesses, they are back in action in the next hour, we ll head live to bristol and we ll also get the latest from germany, it s another champions league night with manchester city playing leipzig crisis meetings have been taking place all day between the professional rugby board, the welsh rugby union and the international squad and players from the four regions, cardiff, dragons, ospreys and scarlets. and resolution has been reached. the six nations match against england this weekend , that was in doubt, with the players close to taking strike action, will take place. in the last hour, the wales captain, ken owens, and the wru s
comes to prb negotiations in the future. prb is the professional rugby board in wales and that has got five elements to it. it s everyone involved in professional rugby so you ve got the ospreys, dragons, scarlets and the welsh rugby union itself in cardiff. they will have a seat at the table. players want a seat at the table as well when it comes those contract discussions. they want to scrap what is called the 60 cab rule. there are different variations of this but to put it easily for most people, if you have 60 caps and you are a welsh player you are allowed to go and player you are allowed to go and play outside of wales but if you have less than 60 caps you are expected to play at a club in wales. they think that is restricting what they can and can t do. they want that either scrapped or reduced. the last thing they want is basically a clause in the contracts that says they get 80% of their salary and the other 20% is made up of bonuses,
on contract disputes or players have said they ll go on strike. wales coach warren gatland says it s been a challenging time and delayed announcing his team yesterday. rugby reporter sara orchard told me a little earlier what the disagreements are about. it s important to say first of all that the wales players who are unhappy are notjust internationals but professional players across all of wales and they are not asking for a peer rise. they are asking for somejob a peer rise. they are asking for some job security is a better way of explaining it. when it comes to those requested they have three of them. the first one is they want a seat at the table when it comes to negotiations in the tape future. the professional rugby board in wales has five elements to it. it s everyone who is involved in