The Welsh season might have finished on the field but that will not be the end of things. One win against Japan will be welcomed but will not hide the problems that still exist in Welsh rugby. The four Welsh professional sides are already back in pre-season training in preparation for 2025-26, but could it be the final campaign of having four professional sides in Wales? Could fewer teams mean sides leaving the United Rugby Championship (URC) and joining an Anglo-Welsh league? Some of these questions will be decided in the coming weeks in what promises to be a tumultuous period. Following Wales' record loss against England in Cardiff in March, former Wales captain Gwyn Jones urged the WRU not to waste a crisis and enact revolutionary change. What is certain in Welsh rugby is another crisis is just around the corner. One month after Jones' comments came the Cardiff conundrum which has been the catalyst for the latest discontent. Cardiff went into administration in April with the WRU taking them over. That accelerated the latest wrangling between the WRU and regions, especially Scarlets and Ospreys, who did not sign the new Professional Rugby Agreement (PRA) about their concerns of the WRU plans for Cardiff. It resulted in the governing body announcing in May they would no longer fund the four sides equally. This bombshell raised the prospect of reducing the number of sides in Wales to three or even two. However, that press release was the last we heard from the WRU, with rumours filling the void and creating more uncertainty in the Welsh game. One thing that is certain is the opposing sides in this argument remain far apart in their discussions. The WRU need to outline their case soon because players and coaches need clarity over their futures. Fans need to know what will happen to the teams they support. There is a general realisation among all parties that something has to happen to arrest the decline. With financial constraints to factor in, how they get to that final solution is not so clear.