Pickering loses spot on WRU board

The current chairman of the Welsh Rugby Union David Pickering has failed to gain re-election to its board of directors.



From a ballot of the WRU member clubs, current Newport Gwent Dragons chief executive Gareth Davies and Llanelli Rugby Club head of rugby Anthony Buchanan finished ahead of him.

They will join the 18-strong board.



Pickering, who has been WRU chairman for 11 years and enjoyed a 15-year tenure as a board member, will stand down at the WRU's annual general meeting next month, when the board will be re-formed.

The WRU said that 53-year-old Pickering will remain on the …