You certainly couldn’t accuse Wales U20s coach Byron Hayward of pulling any punches over his team’s thumping defeat to Ireland.
The former fly-half has been brutally honest in his verdict on the 53-5 hammering they suffered in their Six Nations opener out in Cork.
He says some players simply didn’t work as hard as they should have during the Covid lockdown and are “a million miles” off where they need to be physically as a result.
