Welsh rugby's winners and losers as unheralded stalwart stakes Wales claim and WRU endure tough weekend

Winners and losers for Monday, May 9.

After impressing for Newport RFC in the Welsh Premiership all season, the Dragons have started transitioning 20-year-old Reed into their senior team and the early signs are good.

Without getting too carried away, the fundamentals in Reed's game look very solid indeed. There is much to learn at professional level, where the gaps close a lot faster and decisions have to be made a lot quicker, but the early signs are promising.

He has a sizeable boot on him and impressed against the Ospreys despite being on the losing side. There's a lot to like about him. Let's see where it goes.

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Williams is the kind of player who moves through the season and often goes under the radar a little bit, not really getting the praise he deserves and rarely getting a serious mention when it comes to the Wales No.9 debate.

But there are clear qualities to his game and Pivac knows this, bringing him in during the 2020 autumn series and handing him the No.9 jersey for the England clash. The 32-year-old is vastly-experienced with almost 240 first class games under his belt but he is as fit as ever.

He's scored two tries in his last two starts for Cardiff and has been buzzing around the field, despite being on the losing side, zipping the ball away from breakdowns. He can also kick off both feet which is not to be sniffed at.

After another impressive performance against Munster on the weekend, it's tough to shake the idea that he's done as much as his namesake Tomos to impress this year. Back in the Wales frame for the summer tour? Maybe. Unheralded? Certainly.

Since his shock emergence on the Test scene in 2019, Carre has been afforded