Anybody with the remotest involvement in Welsh rugby, from grassroots to the international side, who was of a mind to cast their eye over the supposed crisis in Irish rugby following that opening weekend of the Six Nations must have had a wry chuckle. “Crisis?” they would surely have said with a raised eyebrow. “Well, these things are relative.” They too have had their downturns, but it’s hard to recall if Welsh rugby has ever been in a crisis quite like their current one. Their regions are at war with the Welsh Rugby Union, who have scarcely drawn a positive headline for anything they’ve done in recent times, and have attracted some profoundly embarrassing ones. The Sword of Damocles hangs...
