Welsh Rugby Union disbanded their union, is generally accepted as the reason for the absence of a Neath representative. The WRU was a founding member of the International Rugby Football Board, now known as World Rugby, in 1886 with Scotland and Ireland, with Mullock and Horace Lyne the Welsh representatives at the formal signing of the union in 1887. It wasn't until 1934 that the name, the Welsh Rugby Union, was adopted. The WRU are responsible for the running of Welsh rugby, including 320 member clubs, the Welsh national team and National Leagues and Cups. The Welsh Rugby Union has a major role
Chris Cook (rugby union) Welsh. Cook scored the game's first try, and his first in a Premiership campaign, within two minutes. Chris Cook (rugby union) Chris Cook (born 16 April 1991) is an English rugby union player, who currently plays at scrum-half for Bath Rugby in the Aviva Premiership. A product of the Bath Rugby academy, Cook made his Aviva Premiership debut as a substitute against Sale Sharks. He spent the first half of the 2013-14 season playing for Bath's "A" team, before being loaned out to promotion hopefuls London Welsh. Cook returned to Bath for the 2014-15 season on a new one-year deal,