Former Wales flanker Ellis Jenkins feels Warren Gatland’s decision to question the lack of winning experience of many involved in the recent independent review into Welsh rugby was “poor”.
Following a record 12 successive Test defeats, the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) conducted a post-Autumn Nations Series review in a bid to improve all aspects of the game in the country.
But speaking of the review at his squad announcement for the 2025 Six Nations, Gatland said: “The questions I ask sometimes, of the players that have given feedback and stuff, what has their experience been in a professional winning environment?”
The Wales head coach added: “Even with regards to the people doing the reviews or being part of the process, those are the questions I asked myself. What is their experience or involvement in high-level professional sport winning environments?”
Ex-Wales back-row Jenkins feels Gatland was wrong to question the validity of some of the feedback given as part of the review.
“I was really surprised with his answer,” Jenkins told Scrum V: The Warm Up.
“To question the players and the validity of their feedback just because they haven’t been involved in an international winning environment is poor in my view.
“If you’re going to do a review, you don’t have to action all of the feedback, but you at least take it on board.
“Just because they haven’t been involved in a winning campaign, which realistically there’s not many players in Wales that have been part of a successful international campaign in the last couple of years, it doesn’t invalidate their feedback.
“The way it’s worded and to question the process and the people involved doesn’t sit well with me at all.”
