Welsh regional rugby player Josh Lewis has called out the ‘disgusting’ treatment of players in Wales and the ‘bulls**t’ that has been going on.
May was a brutal month in Welsh rugby, with over 40 players leaving their respective regions amid uncertain finances and vociferous discourse over the future of the game. It also emerged that proposals to axe a team were being discussed by the Professional Rugby Board, though they have since been dismissed. It was an uncomfortable environment in which players were asked to perform.
Not for the first time, players were being ‘strung along’ with contract renewals being left far too late in the season. Pre-Covid, these would usually be tied up before Christmas but even now, with business heading back to somewhere close to normal, players are being kept in the dark as the conclusion of the season approached.
