Part of 4. Topical Questions – in the Senedd at 3:29 pm on 6 March 2019.
Thank you, again, for that forceful expression. I made the comparison with Ireland precisely for the reasons you've been pursuing in that discussion. We need to have a serious look about what structure is required to make rugby in Wales, at whatever level—at the community level, at the youth level, at the women's level, which I obviously strongly encourage, but also at the international level, the six nations—we are now doing really well at that level. Obviously, I wish them well in Scotland—not always an easy place to take a Grand Slam march through, as it were. But, because there has been such clear concern expressed by Members in the Chamber—I'm well aware of the public concern—I will make sure that I will seek an early opportunity to speak formally with the Welsh Rugby Union about this. But I think it's best if I wait until the discussions that are currently going on are resolved, if they are to be resolved, and I hope that they will be resolved very soon.