Occasions are dragging on with Wales already dropping captains Jac Morgan and Dewi Lake to Gloucester subsequent season and Aaron Wainwright set to affix Leicester.
The rising uncertainty in Welsh rugby has been cited as contributory elements for the departures and persuading different gamers to remain is proving difficult.
Tandy is making ready his facet for the beginning of his first Six Nations marketing campaign when he takes Wales away to face England on Saturday, 7 February.
What Tandy and his squad is not going to need is the off-the-field uncertainty affecting Wales as they bid to keep away from a 3rd consecutive Six Nations wood spoon and win a sport within the match for the primary time since 2023.
It appears inevitable Welsh rugby’s disaster will linger on as a result of there is no such thing as a straightforward end result. No matter is determined there can be public outcry, whereas monetary points and authorized ramifications may emerge.
Cash-matters stay on the coronary heart of those dilemmas. Collier-Keywood has not too long ago reiterated there may be not sufficient money to fund 4 aggressive sides in Wales however that has not silenced the doubters about this assertion.
Individuals settle for change is required. Particularly after a yr the place the Wales males’s group suffered report defeats towards Argentina, England and South Africa and the ladies’s facet did not win a sport on the World Cup.
However as ever, Welsh followers are divided about how that change will happen and don’t want their very own little side of Welsh rugby upset.
How a lot this fixed drama is testing the persistence of the common fan, together with the nationwide facet’s poor type, can be revealed by the crowds that attend residence Six Nations matches towards France, Scotland and Italy in February and March.
Poor attendances could have an additional unfavourable impact with income from the boys’s residence video games accounting for greater than 50% of the WRU’s turnover.
Simply one other essential motive why this must be solved shortly.
