The light at the end of tunnel becomes a stark irrelevance when you can’t even locate the tunnel.

For Wales it seems that chasms are a more appropriate analogy and at the moment they are free falling into one that appears bottomless.

The WRU fiddles as Rome burns and all the while the Welsh rugby public await with desperation for a glimmer of hope, a plan of action, a dynamic reset from those that run the game in Wales. Hope, as Reggie Perrin once said, is heading towards the horizon with its arse on fire.

Review after review has resulted in a lot of corporate and Human Resources jargon but very little, if no, drastic change or innovative plans for the future.

If holding reviews and kicking cans down the road were international sports we would be world beaters.

In June 2024 the Welsh Rugby Union announced its ‘One Wales’ strategy, eight months later were are still awaiting the full details of this initiative.

In the meantime apathy is slowly replacing anger as was evident in Paris with the distinct absence of Welsh fans travelling to the French capital.

Of course economic factors are relevant but there is no doubt people are turning away from the game, and in large numbers.

There is one group that are exempt from the sternest of criticism, the players.

You cannot fault the effort the men in red are putting into their preparation and performances it is such a shame that they are being so badly let down by the decision makers, or should that be the lack of decision makers.

There also has to be accountability from coaches. some of the recent selections, and non-selections have been quizzical to say the least.

I feel I have been writing this same article for nearly two years and in that time there hasn’t been a necessity to amend any of the content other than to increase the number of consecutive defeats Wales have suffered. By the way it’s now 14 in a row.

At the end of the current Guinness Six Nations Championship guess what ? the WRU will undertake a review. It seems implausible that there will not be changes to the coaching team before the summer tour to Japan.

The trouble with residing in Chasm’s and tunnels is that darkness becomes perpetually familiar and acceptable it is time someone somewhere lit a candle. We accept there will be no bread of heaven for a while but please at least give us some crumbs of comfort.

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