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Welsh rugby heads into the new year with one headline-grabbing decision having been made, but lots of other issues still to be resolved. The autumn internationals marked the end of the road for Wayne Pivac as Wales coach and a return to the helm for Warren Gatland. You never like to see anyone lose their job and Pivac is a decent bloke who gave it…

THE Dragons failed to break their South African duck after being beaten 33-25 by the Lions in Johannesburg. Dai Flanagan's side headed to Ellis Park buoyed by an encouraging first block of the United Rugby Championship but their weakened team couldn't upset the odds. Wing Sio Tomkinson, hooker James Benjamin and novice scrum-half Che Hope scored…

Wales lock Rowlands, 31, is out of contract at the end of 2022-23 and has been linked with Bath and Racing 92. "At the moment, we don't know our budget. We can't speak to players," said Flanagan. However, the Welsh Rugby Union's (WRU) Nigel Walker said Rowlands turned down a contract extension last summer. Walker, the governing body's performance…

Wales lock Rowlands, 31, is out of contract at the end of the season and has been linked with Bath, and Flanagan expects other teams to be interested. "At the moment, we don't know our budget. We can't speak to players," said Flanagan. "If one player is out of contract, another 20 are in the same boat." Rowlands, who joined Dragons from Wasps in…