Welsh rugby is in real need of a boost. It was a long and painful end of the season culminating in the untimely passing of the magical Phil Bennett.
We have endured a series of body blows on almost every level. The humiliation of losing to Italy, the demolition of all the regions in South Africa and abject failure of any of the teams to escape the bottom half of the URC. The inability to win a single game of European rugby. The final ignominy came when a Welsh region conceded almost 70 points to an Italian team.
That was the state of Welsh rugby at the end of the season.
