New Dragons defence coach Dale MacLeod has backed the club's owners to fight their corner as the Welsh Rugby Union considers cutting the number of professional teams in Wales. A consultation process will start in a couple of weeks between all the key stakeholders in the professional game, with the WRU expected to announce in October it will cut at least one of its professional clubs. It is an unsettling period for everyone associated with the four professional clubs - Cardiff , Dragons, Ospreys and Scarlets - especially the players. But MacLeod, who has joined the Dragons as defence coach from New Zealand outfit Northland, has confidence in the Dragons' owners - David Wright, David Buttress and Hoyoung Huh. "You can only control what you can control, my job is to come here and coach, for the players it's to come here and play," he told the BBC. "We are really focused on that and the rest will take care of itself, there's not much that I can do or say. "Their job is to go and deal with it, they will fight our fight. Sign up to Inside Welsh rugby on Substack to get exclusive news stories and insight from behind the scenes in Welsh rugby. "It's probably just a bit of a shake-up, but we will live to fight another day. I am trusted to coach the team and I will trust them to fight our battle. "I keep saying it to the players 'know your role, do your role'. There is no use getting stressed about something that I can't control, and I am just loving being here." Experienced Wales international Dillon Lewis is one of the Dragons' new signings but he insists the off-field politics won't have a detrimental effect on performance. Join WalesOnline Rugby's WhatsApp Channel here to get the breaking news sent straight to your phone for free "If I am honest, it's white noise now," Lewis told the BBC . "We are here to concentrate on rugby and it's definitely not our job to dictate what happens with the regions and regional game. "All we can do is put our best foot forward on the pitch, try to get results and play well. Then, from the powers above, whatever will be, will be. "That is definitely not something for us to concentrate on right now, and there are a lot of exciting things happening here at the Dragons so we've just got to concentrate on the rugby." Get the latest breaking Welsh rugby news stories sent straight to your inbox with our FREE daily newsletter. Sign up here.