Arwel is very much a confidence player and he needs the feeling of control that a good kicking game can provide. Every chance Wales have depends on them getting it right behind the scrum. I just hope Wales are working on finding their way around this by practising interchanging between him and the two wingers. Quick, off-the-top ball would also enable Rob Howley to hit Arwel Thomas and Scott Gibbs when they are flat.But the essence is speed. He has to be in the team for his kicking but as much as I admire him as a player, he isn’t fast enough to do the modern full-back’s role of coming into the line at pace. The half-backs have to control this through good communication with the forwards.

And when you start spreading it, you have to hit them as quickly as the French did. There was nothing complicated about the way France dominated; they just did the simple things at speed.Wales must mobilise their backs in the same way and that is a problem with Neil Jenkins playing at full-back. You have to commit English defenders to the ruck with quick pick-up-and-drives that will eventually suck them in. The same thing applies to the line-outs, which were also slow against Italy. The catch and drive has to be dynamic if it is to do any good against England And you have to mix it up.

I would go for more peel ball, where one of the props peels off from the front of the line, collects the catch and heads straight for the opposing outside-half. WALES have picked an almost unchanged team for their opening Five Nations match against England at Twickenham on Saturday but if they don’t change the way they played against Italy, they’ll get beaten. But the number you win is nothing like as important as how quickly you win them. All that matters is how good the ball is, how rapidly you get it out and how many defenders you clean out in the process.If Wales can generate fast ball, then they have a chance.

Wales are capable of overcoming England but only if they play with a style that utilises the pace they have in their back division and make the most of their opportunities. I don’t care how shell-shocked the English are after Paris, Wales will play right into their hands if they perform in the same slow, ponderous and lateral way that nearly gave the Italians an unexpected victory in Llanelli. “After Wales toured the US last year,” Sutherland said, “we received loads of enquiries from American women about the availability of the Welsh players It had nothing to do with coaching It was a bit like Baywatch in reverse.”. “They will have to show a need and we can help them by establishing a benchmark.”Meanwhile, a surf of the Internet reveals a “WRU senior coach specialising in back play looking for first-class club”; “New Zealand second row forward seeks club in UK, holder of British passport”; “Qualified sports psychologist looking to enhance the success of an ambitious British club”.Part of Rugby Network’s business is to act as agent between club and applicant It is not part of their business to act as a dating agency. “The RFU have said they will support clubs financially but not simply so they can go out and buy players,” Sutherland said. If it works, the money generated will exceed the sums put in by Allied Dunbar and Sky.”Back to the WWW, where Rugby Network has received a request from the Latvian RFU to develop a coaching structure. “Generally, the IB want to see the game seriously compete with soccer for the No 1 slot on the planet,” Sutherland said.

“The problem is that currently only about five nations are capable of winning the rugby World Cup. Yet the spread of the game is attracting increasing numbers of nations. The difficulty they face is in the lack of technical expertise to develop the game. While they can buy in players in the short-term, longer-term goals can only be achieved through indigenous development.”Closer to home, the company is working with clubs, helping them to establish a business plan.