{"id":31928,"date":"2023-03-17T18:20:01","date_gmt":"2023-03-17T18:20:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/?p=31928"},"modified":"2023-03-17T18:20:03","modified_gmt":"2023-03-17T18:20:03","slug":"the-flair-was-coached-out-of-an-entire-generation-why-welsh-rugby-is-struggling-for-young-talent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/the-flair-was-coached-out-of-an-entire-generation-why-welsh-rugby-is-struggling-for-young-talent\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;The flair was coached out of an entire generation&#8217;: Why Welsh rugby is struggling for young talent"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>With many of Wales&#8217; longest serving rugby players in what could be their last game, attention turns to the future.  <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Warren Gatland has named a number of veteran players in the line-up as Wales take on France in their final game of the Six Nations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Taulupe Faletau will win his 100th cap alongside centurions Dan Biggar, George North and Alun Wyn Jones. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But many Welsh fans have the same question: Where is the next generation?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83c\udf99 Here&#39;s what Warren Gatland had to say about Taulupe Faletau, who is in line to win his 100th cap this weekend \ud83d\udc47<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WelshRugby?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WelshRugby<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GuinnessSixNations?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#GuinnessSixNations<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/urqtNxT3OQ\">pic.twitter.com\/urqtNxT3OQ<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Welsh Rugby Union \ud83c\udff4\udb40\udc67\udb40\udc62\udb40\udc77\udb40\udc6c\udb40\udc73\udb40\udc7f (@WelshRugbyUnion) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WelshRugbyUnion\/status\/1636329459270795264?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 16, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For former Wales under 20s and current Neath Rugby coach Patrick Horgan, the issue is clear. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The flair, the decision making, the vision was coached out of a generation of players,&#8221; said Horgan. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I honestly feel that. 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