Welsh rugby at the threshold of collapse

The curtain is about to fall on another shocking year of failure in Welsh rugby.

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Wales have not won a home game in the Six Nations since February 2022

There was a hope that things would not deteriorate in 2025 after a haunting 2024 but that anticipation soon evaporated.

Terms like 'laughing stock' have been used to describe the current crisis state of Welsh rugby. Events of the past 12 months make it hard to disagree with that assessment.

There have been record defeats, wooden spoons, high-profile resignations, Cardiff going into administration, top players leaving Welsh domestic rugby and yet more squabbles between the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) and the regions.

"Welsh rugby is on the precipice." That was the verdict of former Ospreys head coach Sean Holley on Scrum V. Again, hard to disagree with those sentiments.

The Wales men's international side is regarded as the pinnacle of Welsh rugby.

Having not recorded a Test victory in 2024, two wins this year against Japan and staying in the world's top 12 to avoid a harder World Cup pool draw might be deemed as progress. Not really.