THE 'EXHAUSTING' RUGBY

The future of Welsh rugby is uncertain with a tiered funding model and the possibility of reducing a club or two being considered.

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Working as a journalist through such turbulent periods is extremely challenging, as Harries knows all too well.

"It can get really depressing, can’t it?" he added,

"I remember there was a long period where there was a huge row which felt never ending when Roger Lewis was CEO.

"There was that constant warring between the union and the regions. It wasn’t too dissimilar to what we are seeing now, although there seems to be a bit more collaboration now.

"I know there's still a lot of antagonism and people have entirely different opinions of how the game should be run.

"But back then it got really quite malicious. I was hosting Scrum V. At that point it seemed every Sunday was like presenting Newsnight rather than Scrum V.

"It almost became a political show where every week we were trying to hold WRU directors and regional directors to account.