Jonathan Davies says the regions have to start taking responsibility for ensuring members of Warren Gatland's Wales side are equipped to deal with the demands of international Test rugby, and has called on the WRU to invest more in developing the next generation of talent.
Wales showed some signs of promise away to France in their final match of the Six Nations campaign, with Gatland stating afterwards that he has already challenged his side to 'fine tune' their skills and physicality ahead of the World Cup.
However, analysing the game for Scrum V on BBC Wales, Davies believes Gatland is having to deal with issues that should ideally be within the remit of the regions.