BEWARE OF THE DRAGON

RUGBY: WELSH CULL A CONCERN

- ONEfinFOLEY with DEREK FOLEY

THE URC got to the quarter-final stages without anyone in any of the participating nations going bust or being defunded - but don’t hold your breath.

There is a developing civil war coming in Wales - that looks to be heading to court this week - as the WRU looks to save money and downsize their professional club commitments.

Nobody is quite sure what this will actually look like as all parties are keeping their cards close to the chest and the posturing from all sides is even more confusing.

The obvious option, scrapping the underperforming Dragons on a results-based analysis, doesn't seem to be on the agenda.

That should be a relief to Connacht supporters at least as any attempt to downgrade the Newportbased side might tempt some IRFU mirroring.