WELSH RUGBY UNION chief executive Steve Phillips resigned today following mounting pressure after allegations of misogyny, sexism, homophobia and racism.

A BBC Wales documentary broadcast last week raised the allegations about Welsh rugby’s governing body: a former boss at Welsh women’s rugby said she had considered suicide because of what she claimed was a toxic culture of sexism.

Charlotte Wathan also told the BBC that a male colleague said — in front of others in an office — that he wanted to rape her.