But the first challenge is to emerge from a pool that contains Australia, Fiji and Georgia, plus Portugal. The Wallabies and Georgia won in Cardiff recently and Fiji are always a handful, but Wales should be more organised under Gatland and results should improve. If Australia will be favourites to finish first in the group, Wales may be able to find a way to qualify as well.

And then they make the decision and then all of a sudden, that's a crisis for me and the Wales team. There is not a lot between the four Welsh clubs, we are all capable of beating each other and that makes for an exciting day, especially when you add into the mix the Welsh Shield, European qualification and the fact it is the last day of the regular season. Steffan Thomas: Cardiff. The Ospreys are the strongest Welsh side but a poor start to the season has left them playing catch up. He added: “I think that the positive is sometimes with crises it is an opportunity for change and an opportunity to to reset things and put things in place to make things better. Former captain Alun Wyn Jones, the most-capped player in the history of the sport, has walked away, joined by the likes of Rhys Webb and Justin Tipuric.

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We haven't spoken about restoring pride or anything like that. With this group of players, it’s not even so much talking about winning to start with, it's about becoming a really tough team to beat.

We've been impressed with a couple of performances that we've seen. There's definitely more to come. He could choose one of the old guard like Alun Wyn Jones, Dan Biggar, Ken Owens or Justin Tipuric but it wouldn't surprise me if he plumped for someone like Jac Morgan.

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The former Wales wing stated the WRU carried the "hopes and aspiration of a whole country" and it needed to "redefine itself and re-establish our role in Welsh rugby". Meddai Jonathan Davies, Swyddog Chwaraeon yn Undeb Myfyrwyr Prifysgol Abertawe: “Mae Varsity Cymru eleni'n destun cyffro mawr i ni ac mae'n siŵr o fod yn ddiwrnod arbennig. Mae ein timau'n edrych yn wych ac maen nhw’n barod i wynebu Caerdydd am ddiwrnod mawr arall i chwaraeon myfyrwyr yng Nghymru.” It’s not just about the results, it’s also trying to develop their skillset and their mental toughness. It’s about trying to prepare them for the next stages of international rugby. It’s more about the performance they are able to put in,” she said.

The gathering of the regional rugby clans was at the same hotel where Wales stay and train, the Vale Resort in Glamorgan, and players from the Scarlets, Ospreys, Cardiff and the Dragons began arriving from 2.15pm for a meeting that was scheduled to start at 3.15pm. A gathering like no other in the history of regional rugby Bydd gŵyl Varsity Cymru 2023 yn cael ei chynnal yng Nghaerdydd am y tro cyntaf ers 2019 wrth i dimau o fyfyrwyr o Brifysgol Abertawe a Phrifysgol Caerdydd fynd benben â'i gilydd yn ei 25ain flwyddyn. The 2023 Welsh Varsity tournament will be returning to Cardiff for the first time since 2019 as student teams from Swansea and Cardiff University go head-to-head in its 25th year. The inception of Judgement Day was an innovation when it debuted almost 10 years ago and it is a great way to showcase regional rugby to a broader base of supporters. Placing it on the final day of the BKT URC season will add more drama and jeopardy to the occasion and we hope that will provide a real draw for fans.” For any iPhone model (iOS 10 or above) and iPad you will need to copy the url below for the required Calendar you are subscribing to:The new financial deal still isn't signed in ink and conditional contracts seem more like an insult than a source of comfort to players at this unsettling time. Throw in the talk of smaller squads and pay cuts and it's hard to see the four professional sides survive, let alone thrive. Alun Wyn Jones, Rhys Webb and Justin Tipuric have all walked away from Wales' 2023 World Cup squad. Credit: ITV Cymru Wales Family, friends, and local rugby communities can still follow the action live via S4C online who will be live streaming the Colleges Final and covering the Plate and Bowl games as part of Rygbi Pawb on S4C.”