Belinda Moore to leave WRU role as head of women's and girls rugby

Belinda Moore will leave her role as head of women’s and girls rugby at the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) in March to join the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) as The Hundred’s growth director.

Having been in the role for just over a year, Moore’s contract was extended from the 2025 Rugby World Cup in England until the end of the 2026 Women’s Six Nations.

The former chief executive of Premiership Women’s Rugby (PWR) was tasked with transforming the game from pathways to professionalism and improving the culture after the WRU’s Independent Review in 2024.

Before vacating the role Moore will be involved in negotiations over contracts for Wales women’s leading players.

Moore told BBC Sport: “The intention was always to start the process to embed the women’s game at the Welsh Rugby Union and to identify and find my successor.

“There is no denying this has been a challenging year after the recent World Cup campaign but there is genuine exciting young talent coming through and we are seeing those players excel in the new expanded Celtic Challenge.

“We had a record crowd for a Wales women’s team for the visit of England at the home of Welsh rugby for last season’s Six Nations.

“It shows how quickly the women’s game in Wales has developed that it is now an expectation that the national team play international rugby at the best stadium in the world.”