“We need to do it collaboratively together, to put Welsh rugby back at the top end of world rugby, and not the laughing stock which I think we are at the moment,” Owens said. Welsh players’ fear of missing out on better wages elsewhere, or on winning trophies if they stayed loyally at home. Welsh regions’ fear of missing out, as the Irish lead the way in the URC and European competition – and never mind the South Africans arriving to make life yet more difficult. Grassroots representatives on the Welsh Rugby Union who fear losing their influence and tickets. The old joke is that if you put two Welsh rugby lovers in a room they will form a committee; put three in a room and they’ll form two committees.
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