It was just about the worst weekend for Welsh rugby that most of us can remember.
Wayne Pivac’s senior side became the first team to lose a Six Nations game to Italy in seven years, while the U20s were outclassed by the Azzurrini up in Colwyn Bay. Then, out in South Africa, there were crushing defeats for the Scarlets and the Cardiff, with all four regions now in the bottom half of the United Rugby Championship.
But merely listing the disasters doesn’t really get us anywhere. The question is how do we turn things round? What are the potential solutions to the crisis and where do we go from here? Rugby correspondent Simon Thomas looks at the key issues which need to be addressed.
