WALES
Paul Rees assesses the likely strength of the challenge from the reigning champions

Finisher: Josh Adams scoring for Wales against England last year
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Wales go into the Six Nations as champions but against a backdrop of failing regions and a community game that is struggling to hold itself together. Many are questioning how long it will be before a creaking system that is built from the top down falls in on itself.
“It seems to me Wales doing well papers over the cracks a bit,” said Cardiff ’s director of rugby Dai Young, who spent most of the 2010s in cha...