Today's rugby news as Wales star suffers hammer blow and new WRU chair supported

Here are your rugby morning headlines for Tuesday, October 13. Former Wales centre Mark Ring has praised the Welsh Rugby Union's appointment of Lyndon Faulkner as their new chair. The governing body announced on Monday that Faulkner - the nephew of Wales legend Charlie - would fill the position vacated by Richard Collier-Keywood earlier this year. Having been a successful CEO in the United States, Faulkner joins the WRU as they look to cut a professional team. On X, Ring posted: "Is Appt of Lyndon Faulkner as WRU Chairman true? If so, what a man we have in place.