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Steffan Thomas

Welsh pro rugby 'teetering on brink of collapse' and Gatland 'can't save game without major change', warns ex-Sport Wales boss

Warren Gatland won't save Welsh rugby without major root and branch surgery to the game at all levels.

That's the verdict of former Sport Wales chief executive Huw Jones, who has urged newly-elected Welsh Rugby Union chairman Ieuan Evans to call an extraordinary general meeting to propose the establishment of a skills-based board to take Welsh rugby forward.

He believes there is an immediate need to develop a new organisational culture in the WRU, establish a working group to develop a strategy for rugby, review the Professional Rugby Agreement with the pro clubs and reprioritise funding, along with establishing an engagement plan, and review the executive.

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