Wales rugby crisis: Cardiff fans warn WRU over Ospreys takeover

Cardiff supporters told the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) that they would not prefer their team to be bought by rival owners Ospreys.

Cardiff was taken over by the WRU after temporarily entering administration in April 2025.

With the board expecting to sell the organization to new investors in the next few weeks, final bids must be submitted by Monday.

The Ospreys’ owners, Y11 Sport & Media, have been linked with taking over Cardiff to eventually form a single professional team – an outcome that would help the WRU achieve its goal of eliminating the Welsh professional men’s team.

Both the WRU and Y11 have declined to comment on the possibility, raising concerns among Ospreys supporters over the future of their team, while Cardiff fans have been vocal on social media against any such proposed takeover.

Independent Cardiff supporters group, CF10 Rugby Trust, has expressed concerns about their club’s connection to the Ospreys’ disappearance from the Welsh professional rugby scene.

“We have met with the WRU and told them that we believe whoever owns Cardiff should have a positive impact on rugby in Cardiff and not a negative on Welsh rugby as a whole,” CF10 chair Lynn Glaister told BBC Radio Wales.

“Another club owner taking over for us would see Cardiff branded as the team that killed another team forever.”