Top ticket prices for average rugby team

Re The Western Mail article “Wales defiant amid storm over controversial calls” – Neil Jenkins comments he is a big fan of Cuthy, and Alex Cuthbert is an outstanding rugby player.

The Welsh coaching squad are too close and friendly with the Welsh players and don’t look objectively and professionally at how to improve their playing skills.

Jenkins should look at his training methods, as Wales’ kicking skills are pretty awful, as Gareth Davies showed last Saturday.

Ex Welsh rugby players-nowcoaches do not have the modern sports qualifications and skills to improve the current Welsh team.

Andy Howells’ article on Eddie Jones coaching methods shows they are streets ahead of our old-boysnetwork rugby coaches.

When have we heard Welsh coaches talking about using a methodology borrowed from soccer called tactical periodisation?

Every day the English rugby team train a specific parameter of the game.

England rugby call in experts to cover all aspects of fitness, psychology, game management, tackling and passing skills.

Sky cycling employed Sir David Brailsford as performance director to look at and improve all aspects of training and performance.

These fine details make Sky cycling successful and constantly improving.

The All Blacks and England are professionally coached and upskilling all the time.

Ben Ryan’s observes of US professional sport that they use exacting techniques that have been practiced ad nauseam. Skill reproduction is seen as a huge

priority. Why? Because teams at the highest level win the most. Skill equals success.

I think it is time Wales brought in a professional and intelligent coaching team to up-skill and be the best.

The paying rugby fans demand it and the WRU management should act on it.

We are paying top ticket prices for an averagely skilled rugby team.

Frank Davies Whitchurch, Cardiff