Welsh rugby clubs have been called upon to finally end wrongful payments to players in the amateur game.
Wales' 300-plus grassroots clubs are able to openly pay their players with revenue they generate themselves if they abstain from signing the Welsh Rugby Union's "statement of truth" - a declaration that a club's players are not being paid - but doing so prevents them from receiving their £4,000 in core grant.
But clubs receiving the funding and also paying players on the quiet, in breach of WRU policy, has arguably been Welsh rugby's worst-kept secret for a number of years, with many feeling that paying amateurs for their time over investing in infrastructure and facilities is a waste of financial resource.
