We will rise again – Wales chief exec Abi Tierney vows to turn fortunes around
Wales chief executive Abi Tierney has vowed that the national team will “rise again” following their record 68-14 mauling by England last Saturday.
The team’s biggest defeat in Cardiff was a 17th successive loss – the worst run of results ever compiled by a tier one side – and condemned them to a wooden spoon finish in the Guinness Six Nations for a second consecutive year.
Open letter
Writing in an open letter to fans, Tierney revealed that Warren Gatland’s successor as permanent head coach will be named soon as she promised better times ahead.
“A result like the recent senior men’s against England in Cardiff affects the whole nation – because rugby matters more in Wales,” Tierney said
“We can’t fault the players who have played their hearts out and put in every effort during the recent poor run of results.
“Nothing I can say in these paragraphs can change the score on Saturday. There will be a sense of ‘how did we come to this? and ‘where do we go from here?’
“This result was set in train over many years and there are no quick fixes. However, we know what we need to do, we will get it right and we will rise again.
“We are delivering our plan and we will turn it around.
“We are making new appointments that will help everyone see that the plan is progressing. Soon we will announce a new director of professional rugby.
“This will be swiftly followed by the appointment of a new senior men’s head coach.”
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An article from the toxic BBC on her appointment stated ‘Abi Tierney does not pretend to be a rugby expert – she does not need to.’ Easily the worst journalism quote in our rugby history as she took our rugby into the worst era in its history. I don’t care whether she’s complicit in the attack started from England rugby, or whether they just found a version of Liz Truss who won’t leave however bad her tenure goes. She doesn’t need to decide when to go, she needs to be removed from a position she was and is grossly inadequate… Read more »
My god is this her response? “We know what we need to do” Do you? We require MASSIVE systematic changes. You need to outline all the issues and their fixes and how long the changes will take! Having new appointments arn’t going to cut it! That’s scratching the surface! – Improve your communication Abi! Youre stuck in an ivory tower and should outline the problems you are facing in detail! Not hide away behind small articles that say harsly anything. – We need to get rid of 25 cap rule – let Welsh players go to other clubs outside of… Read more »
The corporate claptrap comments are how she’s got into her positions, so she won’t change as she’s incapable of operating in a field where she has no knowledge or ability. She refers to the WRU as if there’s still a third party with hundreds of men in blazers hiding in a back office committee room. There is now only an AGM of all the clubs, which should exist to appoint the very best officers and hold them to account – which evidently is not happening since the English takeover. The East Wales region has its own WRU owned stadium in… Read more »