Probably not the finest regions in the World.

All Welsh regions have failed to qualify for the quarter final  of the Heineken cup and with has seen them knocked out before the qualifying stage is complete.

Injury and the loss of senior players to clubs outside Wales have played their part . But the fact remains the regions have failed to shine in the completion since their formation,

There have been calls for Central Contacts on the lines of the Irish regions ad this certainly would help. Though some argue this has somehow inversely damaged the National side. 

But the main problem is still a lack of identification with the Regions and in some cases like Pontypridd darn right hostility.

The WRU, The Regions, and representative of the other clubs in Wales need to come together  and work out what is best for Rugby and the future of the players under our structure.

The relationship between the regions and other clubs need to be improved and it may be an idea that representatives of the premiership clubs are invited to join the management of the Regions.

We can't go on this there may be some who would like to see the regions collapse but ever since the end of the amateur game the old club structure was unlikely to generate the income to support a team  hat could win  the Heineken cup.(Yes Cardiff were runners up in 1996 the first year of the trophy. But since then none.

Just look at the figures

Season	Country	Winners	Score	Runners-up	Country	Venue	Attendance
1995–96	France	Toulouse	21–18	Cardiff	Wales	Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff	21,800
1996–97	France	Brive	28–9	Leicester Tigers	England	Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff	41,664
1997–98	England	Bath	19–18	Brive	France	Parc Lescure, Bordeaux	36,500
1998–99	Ireland	Ulster	21–6	Colomiers	France	Lansdowne Road, Dublin	49,000
1999–2000	England	Northampton Saints	9–8	Munster	Ireland	Twickenham, London	68,441
2000–01	England	Leicester Tigers	34–30	Stade Français	France	Parc des Princes, Paris	44,000
2001–02	England	Leicester Tigers	15–9	Munster	Ireland	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	74,600
2002–03	France	Toulouse	22–17	Perpignan	France	Lansdowne Road, Dublin	28,600
2003–04	England	London Wasps	27–20	Toulouse	France	Twickenham, London	73,057
2004–05	France	Toulouse	18–12	Stade Français	France	Murrayfield, Edinburgh	51,326
2005–06	Ireland	Munster	23–19	Biarritz	France	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	74,534
2006–07	England	London Wasps	25–9	Leicester Tigers	England	Twickenham, London	81,076
2007–08	Ireland	Munster	16–13	Toulouse	France	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	74,500
2008–09	Ireland	Leinster	19–16	Leicester Tigers	England	Murrayfield, Edinburgh	66,523
2009–10	France	Toulouse	21–19	Biarritz	France	Stade de France, Saint-Denis	78,962
2010–11	Ireland	Leinster	33–22	Northampton Saints	England	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	72,456
2011–12	Ireland	Leinster	42–14	Ulster	Ireland	Twickenham, London	81,774

We can't go on like this and we need an urgent response . With only one Welsh representative in the final of Probably the major Rugby club competition in the World (as Heineken would say) compared with Ireland's  8 its a disgrace.

Lets be serious we can't just put this down to our current injury problems and the exodus of players we need to have a plan which will see at least two of our regions playing an Heineken final within 5 years.