Stuart Barnes has issued a stark warning for the future of rugby in Wales and feels a sliding doors moment could arrive this winter with Gareth Bale's football team at the World Cup.
The former England fly-half turned pundit says Wayne Pivac's side simply have to perform well against world champions South Africa on their three-Test summer tour in order to give Welsh rugby the fillip it desperately needs at the end of a woeful season.
Pivac's Six Nations champions embarrassingly crashed at home to Italy during the defence of their title, played in front of more than 10,000 empty seats against France and the four Welsh regions had a horrific time.
