Well here we are in July when we should be having our annual
rest from rugby safe in the knowledge that, all over Wales , clubs are finalising their
squads and starting to train for the forthcoming season. Oh but it could be
that simple. Yet again the regions and the WRU are at each others throats
playing something akin to Russian roulette with the game in Wales . There
are deadlines that come and go and the chasm between the sides never seems to
close no matter how many assurances that we receive from the warring factions.
Meanwhile the professional game in Wales is close to entering a death
spiral.
Can it really be that difficult? Are people’s egos really
more important than Welsh rugby? How can the clubs in Wales have
given such an overwhelming vote of confidence to Messrs. Pickering and Lewis
when they clearly do not have the ability to settle this long running dispute? There
are plenty of questions and not many answers. Perhaps it is just too complex
for a simple rugby fan from Pontypool to
understand.
To whoever is concerned, please take your fingers off the
self destruct button and sort this out for all our sakes. I don’t think the
Pooler are quite ready to take on the might Munster
and Leinster just yet!
