MILITANT Welsh rugby clubs may force an emergency meeting of the Welsh Rugby Union in an attempt to fill a power vacuum created by the departure of group chief executive David Moffett.

Clubs in West Wales are unhappy the Union have apparently breached their own constitution by not filling Moffett's title role, but instead allowing it to be shared by co-chief executives Steve Lewis (WRU) and Paul Sergeant (Millennium Stadium).

Several clubs in District E and F also believe to have both Lewis and Sergeant running Welsh rugby could cause a damaging conflict of interest at some time in the future.

Gwent (District A) clubs are understood not to have expressed such alarm as a whole (Lewis hails from the county) though it is believed some might support any moves by their colleagues in West Wales to return to the status quo.

"There are concerns among many clubs that David Moffett's departure has not been dealt with properly with regards two men taking over the job of one," a District E source said this week.

"At present, there is no evidence of any problems with Steve Lewis and Paul Sergeant working together.

But the worry is there could be a conflict of interests further down the line and there are moves afoot to make sure we have a group chief executive rather than two chief executives, especially as it is a constitutional requirement.

"The next chance we have of airing our opnions is at the annual general meeting in September, but there are clubs who want to act before that and call an emergency general meeting."

To force an emergency meeting it only requires three weeks written notice from ten clubs. Moffett left his post at the end of last year since when there has been some concern that the WRU might return to the bad old days of political in-fighting.