Nigel Walker has offered another harrowing insight into Welsh rugby's financial crisis by admitting the current player salaries are "unsustainable."
The careers of many players, including seasoned internationals, remain on the brink with regional teams set to be handed around £10 million less per year from the WRU for the 2023/24 campaign. The crisis is such that the national squad threatened to strike ahead of the home Six Nations clash with England last month, with the game only saved at the 11th hour amid crisis talks.
The controversial 60-cap rule, which from 2017 onwards prevented players from plying their trade abroad and representing Wales unless they'd hit that number of international appearances, has now been reduced to 25. And an exodus is now expected, with some stars reportedly asked to take pay cuts of more than 60 percent to continue at their current region.
