Today's rugby news as Welsh boss reveals 'uncomfortable truth' amid 'madness' and coach makes 'scary' Wales star claim

Here are the latest rugby headlines for Wednesday, May 25.

Dragons chairman David Buttress believes there is an "uncomfortable truth" in Wales as he issued a plea for the right tools to help the sport grow over the coming years.

He pointed to the inclusion of South African sides in the United Rugby Championship as raising the standard of the competition, saying Wales need to keep up with other countries' investment if rugby is to continue to grow and, in turn, attract more revenue in future.

"There's an uncomfortable truth in Wales," Buttress told the Scrum V podcast. "If you look at the URC in the last 12 months, I have to say I think the South African teams have added hell of a lot. I really like watching them, there's some very good rugby players and some very good teams that have come up.

"In Ireland, the URC's very well-perceived and they enjoy being in the league and they've enjoyed these South African teams being in. It's been really difficult from a Welsh perspective and you can see what's happening: Ireland's investing, Scotland's investing, Italy's investing.

"They can see as part of the CVC investment into the URC and professional rugby, they expect the game to grow in the next five to 10 years. I think they're right. I think over the next one or two broadcasting cycles, that is what's going to happen and we need as Wales - which for me, by the way, is why the four to three teams is madness, the complete wrong way to go in terms of structure - we ultimately believe in rugby as a product, surely, otherwise why would we be in the game? Therefore we should be investing in it and going on the journey with CVC on the growth of the game in the next 10 years."

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