Defeat to Argentina in the quarter-finals has raised pertinent questions about the future of Welsh rugby
, and the more they hope for it without the proper plans in place, and the necessary skills and strength in depth, the more painful the reality will be.
No one in the Wales camp made much afterwards of the contentious refereeing decision by Karl Dickson to take no action against the Argentina lock Guido Petti for colliding with the jaw of the Wales centre Nick Tompkins – and that is a sign of a team who feel they were beaten, fair and square. Credit is due to Wales under their returning head coach Warren Gatland for making the most of a benign pool with the troubled Australians, dangerous Fijians and so-so Georgians and Portuguese.
We do know Argentina are accustomed to moving in more exalted company in the Rugby Championship, and the pressure they applied to Wales’s set-piece soon shattered a platform that had been a reliable source of tries earlier in the tournament.But fear is stalking the valleys, and it comes in the form of two debating points – that Gatland’s second stint has already run its course as short-term expediency to get through this tournament, not a long-term plan.
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