If Rangers football club are only two defeats away from a crisis, as Graeme Souness once said, then it seems fair to conclude that Welsh rugby is rarely more than a shanked drop-kick away from imploding.
Pontypool RFC’s statement last week, hitting out at Championship rivals Beddau and the Welsh Rugby Union, was one that pricked many ears.
Shortly after, a report commissioned by the Professional Rugby Board recommending axing one of the four regions shook the foundations of the game.
