Wales international Dan Lydiate is among a dozen players being offered National Dual Contracts by the Welsh Rugby Union. Players who sign up to the new NDC's will join Wales Captain Sam Warburton in the group and play for one of the four Welsh Regions.
WRU Chief Executive Roger Lewis has hailed the offer of a host of new National Dual Contracts as a 'landmark day for Welsh rugby'.
The Union last night confirmed they have offered the deals, in which players will be employed both by the WRU and a region, to twelve national players.
The deals are aimed at filling the funding gap on contract offers from around Europe's richer leagues, a plan which both the union and regions hope will stem the exodus of Welsh talent to foreign clubs that has seeped in over recent seasons.
Former Racing Metro flanker Dan Lydiate is among those offered a deal, which the union and regions are hoping will be signed in the coming days.
Rain clipping the far north through the evening but elsewhere staying dry with some sunny spells.
Public Health Wales figures show 25 more cases of the virus have also been confirmed.
Photos taken on Saturday morning show Roald Dahl Plass strewn with empty beer bottles and discarded canisters of laughing gas.