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Legfinishary rugby union referee Nigel Owens thinks Welsh rugby should be seeing to copy the Irish set-up. 

Owens spent 23 years as a man in the middle and has since turned his hand to punditry since retiring in 2020. 

A Wales native, Owens thinks his country’s rugby system will advantage by adselecting a analogous style to Ireland. 

Writing in his WalesOnline column, Owens shelp: “The school system in Ireland is very sturdy, the Schools’ Cup gets sancigo in-out grounds, which is very analogous to what it’s appreciate in New Zealand too. But here, our system is equitable all over the place.

“We must reaccumulate that here in Wales, we have wonderful community clubs who are vital to the success of Welsh rugby, as well as the schools, colleges and academies. They need to be an integral part of the system and increasement of our future carry outers.

“We need a honestor of rugby to supervise all of this, labor alengthyside the national team coach and sort out all of this out, so everybody is singing from the same hymn sheet. For me, everyskinnyg should be coming under the umbrella of the WRU, the schools, academies and the clubs and everyskinnyg all the way thcimpolite.”