Pickering Voted Out As WRU Chairman

Welsh Rugby Union chairman David Pickering will step down from his role in October following a failed bid to be re-elected to the board. Newport Gwent Dragons chief executive Gareth Davies and Llanelli head of rugby Anthony Buchanan won more votes than Pickering. Pickering will now relinquish his position as chairman of the WRU following October's AGM and leaves the WRU Board after a 15 year term, although he will remain on the board of Rugby World Cup ltd, to which he was appointed by the International Rugby Board. The former Wales captain was appointed WRU chairman in 2003 and has presided o…