However, in this instance, it goes as follows… “The only reason the Welsh ... director of rugby, a chief growth officer and, of course, a new head coach of the men's national team.

Welsh rugby people have always loved a bit of bickering: village versus village, town against town and, in the professional ...

Welsh rugby is in crisis. Of that most, if not everyone, can agree. The stats don’t lie. The men’s national team have lost 17 Tests on the spin and have just recorded back-to-back Wooden Spoons.

But it was once put to me by a former Executive that the No.1 priority in Welsh rugby is ensuring that the men’s senior team is successful. Whatever you do, Wales simply must be winning games.

But the rugby gods, a new Welsh coach and a swashbuckling team oozing confidence - personified by a certain player's silver boots and golden tan - combined to pull off the impossible dream.

And that means the only spare tyres anywhere near the Welsh rugby team are the ones they drag behind them in training! WRU nutritionist Daniel Kings tells the Academy how he's been helping some of the ...