It’s hard to know where to start with Wales because I can’t remember a Welsh team being in this position since I was a child watching rugby, through to the time I was working in the media with the BBC.

They have had bad runs before, such as under Steve Hansen, but the signs of the decline this time are sharper, such as having only two players selected on the 2025 Lions tour, as well as Six Nations wooden spoon campaigns in 2024 and 2025.
Not a lot has gone right since Warren Gatland’s unsuccessful second stint, and recently, the only wins they have managed were over Japan.
The sadness is th...