ALEX BYWATER: Welsh players need clarity over their 未来s as they have 法案s to 支払う／賃金 and families to think of... with talk of strikes and 職業 losses, it is no surprise that they have looked distracted during the Six Nations

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むちの跡s' 開始 two 業績／成果s in the Six Nations have been more than disappointing, but the 衝撃 of contractual 不確定 behind the scenes on the 陳列する，発揮するs is now （疑いを）晴らす.

To learn a player in 過密な住居 Gatland's 国家の squad has been taking antidepressants during the 選手権 to 対処する with the 苦悩 原因（となる）d by his 未来 存在 up in the 空気／公表する is shocking.

If that ? and the comments given to Sportsmail by players on the 現在進行中の 問題／発行する of a 欠如（する） of clarity on Welsh rugby's 予算上の 問題／発行するs ? can't shock the game's 当局 into 活動／戦闘, then nothing will.

The Welsh Rugby Union has had a nightmare start to 2023 on and off the field. There are a whole host of 問題／発行するs for it to sort out. But unless there can be clarity given to its players on their 未来s in the coming weeks, there won't be a game left. A 集まり exodus of players looks 切迫した.

As things stand, out-of-契約 players in Welsh rugby cannot 公式に 調印する new 取引，協定s until the 治める／統治するing 団体／死体 agrees a new 予算上の 協定 with its four professional 地域s.

All professional players in むちの跡s will 持つ／拘留する a crunch 会合 in the next few days

Even if that does happen, there is now 簡単に いっそう少なく money around in Welsh rugby than there has been in the past. The players are the ones 支払う／賃金ing the price. They have, understandably, had enough of all the 不確定. Many of them will be out of work in the summer unless things change quickly.

That is why they will soon discuss the 可能性 of strike 活動／戦闘 ahead of むちの跡s' Six Nations 衝突／不一致 with England in Cardiff a week on Saturday.

All parties 伴う／関わるd will hope it doesn't have to come to that. But the fact it is even 存在 討議するd is a sad reflection of what is a sorry 明言する／公表する of 事件／事情／状勢s.

So, what is the 解答? To say 暫定的な WRU 長，指導者 (n)役員／(a)執行力のある Nigel Walker has a lot on his plate is a 重要な understatement, but one of his main 優先s must be to get the 予算上の 取引，協定 done as soon as possible. It will already be too late to stop some players leaving, but it would be a start.

Renegotiating the 返済 structure of the Welsh 政府 Covid-19 貸付金 which went to the four 地域s would also help 意味ありげに. It is 価値（がある） pointing out むちの跡s is the only British rugby nation with a 貸付金 from the pandemic still hanging around its neck.

In the background, the players are the ones in limbo. They are the ones feeling the squeeze. There is an 受託 の中で Welsh rugby's players that there is いっそう少なく money to go around.

They 受託する salary 削減（する）s are likely to a degree. Sportsmail has learned of high-profile Welsh players who would be willing to leave the game and move abroad if it 確実にするs three or four others can stay.

Whatever the 明言する／公表する of play, they want clarity first and you can't 非難する them for that. It is no use to players in むちの跡s now to have the 可能性 to discuss 条件付きの 申し込む／申し出s. They need 会社／堅い 決定／判定勝ち（する）s to be made. They might be professional 競技者s, but like anyone else they have 法案s to 支払う／賃金 and families to think of. If your 雇用者 told you an 拡張 to your already-満了する／死ぬing 契約 would be 来たるべき but it wasn't 公式に there yet, you would probably look どこかよそで for 安全.

It is only human nature. That is the 状況／情勢 Welsh players are in and it comes at a time when the country's best are supposed to be concentrating on the 2023 Six Nations.

It's no surprise it is 証明するing a 抱擁する distraction.

むちの跡s coach 過密な住居 Gatland 直面するs more 騒動 with his players e mbroiled in 契約 論争

'Must be nice knowing you can still 供給する for your kids in about four months,' Cardiff and むちの跡s centre Uilisi Halaholo 地位，任命するd on Twitter on Tuesday, summing up the whole farcical 状況／情勢 nicely.?

'特に when you get 負傷させるd putting your 団体／死体 on the line for your club. Now you got いっそう少なく chance of trying to get a 契約 somewhere to 供給する for your family because of 傷害.

'Mental health is real. Stay strong.'

率直に, the players deserve better.