Wales in danger of losing 15 stars

By PETER JACKSON

Wales are in danger of losing as many as 15 international players to English, French or Japanese clubs over the next nine months. The stark warning of an exodus rooted in Welsh rugby’s financial crisis comes as the brightest and best report for national duty this week ahead of the Six Nations.
“There is no doubt that something like ten to 15 senior players will move out of Wales either before or after the World Cup,’’ one of the game’s leading powerbrokers told The Rugby Paper yesterday. “That is the grim reality, one that is shared among the four regional teams. The Union’...

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