‘Data backs 60-cap rule’

By STEFFAN THOMAS

WELSH rugby has been told it must continue to bring its best players back from the Gallagher Premiership if Wayne Pivac’s side is to achieve continued success at Test level.This week Jamie Roberts became the latest high-profile figure to criticise the WRU’s 60 cap rule. The ex-Wales and British & Irish Lions midfielder accused the WRU of blackmailing players with fewer than 60 caps to remain at one of the four Welsh regions. But former Australian prop Ben Darwin, who co-owns one of the biggest data analytic companies in the world, insists all th...

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