The three different choices tabled by the WRU embrace two proposals suggesting a discount in a single aspect by retaining three groups. These decisions are actually critically being thought-about by the WRU board.
Cardiff are owned by the WRU after the aspect quickly went into administration in April.
With WRU chief government Abi Tierney having already mentioned she can’t see a scenario the place skilled rugby wouldn’t be performed within the Welsh capital, Dragons, Ospreys and Scarlets can be nervously watching what occurs.
Reddin says he hopes a consensus could possibly be reached if areas wanted to be reduce, with mergers an possibility.
Ospreys chief government Lance Bradley says he can’t think about any potential merger with west Wales rivals Scarlets – that prospect having beforehand come shut in 2019.
“I credit score myself as a somewhat imaginative particular person however even I am unable to think about that,” Bradley informed BBC Radio Wales Sport.
“I am unable to see the way it might work. It was proposed a couple of years in the past however there can be so many boundaries to it now, that I discover it very laborious to think about.”
Bradley says he hopes to have some readability by the tip of October.
“We now have been working carefully with the WRU however on the finish of the day it is going to be them who has to make the choice,” mentioned Bradley.
“We now have had a whole lot of conversations and so they have been constructive.
“We felt that in a gathering we had with Dave Reddin that he genuinely listened to what we mentioned and we hope that can be taken on board.”
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