To say Wayne Pivac needs to start drilling down names into his World Cup plans must be an early candidate for understatement of the year.
Quite how many players are inked in at this stage we cannot know after a Six Nations that ended chaotically for Wales, but maybe we can have a stab at projecting how Pivac’s squad will look. Alun Wyn Jones has already suggested Pivac is likely to start cutting players, while Dan Biggar revealed post-match talks between the squad saw them conclude it may have been the end of the road for some players.
The coach is allowed to pick 33 for the tournament in France next year, up two from previous global bashes, with player-welfare driving the change.
