After both Welsh national teams had conceded a combined tally of 21 tries in record home defeats to England, you might have thought the debate would be about the rugby. You’d be wrong.

It's the Sunday sequel this weekend when the Scarlets go to Swansea to face the Ospreys a week after Dwayne Peel's men upset the odds.

A different tournament, but a very similar outcome for Wales at home to England in the Six Nations as Red Roses bloom.

The Scarlets have nudged ahead of the Ospreys in the URC table and are now just three points adrift of the top eight teams who will contest the play-offs.

Cardiff can boost their hopes of making the URC play-offs with a win at Benetton this weekend, but the Italians are proving a genuine force this season.

Wales will be huge underdogs when they face England at home in the Women’s Six Nations on Saturday, but they will not be short of backing.

It’s derby day out west on Saturday when the Scarlets clash with the Ospreys and two coaches revive rivalries and frienships.

Wales have the toughest job in world rugby on Saturday - stopping England from rolling on to victory in the Women’s Six Nations.

The West Wales derby returns on Saturday, with the Scarlets desperate to upset the form book against the Ospreys.

Tommy Reffell has never played club rugby in Wales - and it looks likely the Wales flanker never will after his latest deal to stay with Leicester.

Callum Sheedy is proving why Cardiff were so keen to sign him as he continues to guide the team to progress at the Arms Park.

Wales suffered the same fate as their male colleagues as they lost the opening match of the Six Nations – but there were grounds for optimism.

Adam Beard may have missed the Six Nations, but his return to Ospreys ranks could yet make him an outsider for another Lions tour.

The Women’s Six Nations starts this weekend with a new man in charge of Wales . . . Sean Lynn.

The United Rugby Championship returns on Friday when Cardiff host the Johannesburg Lions at the Arms Park, where one home player is hoping to continue his hot try-scoring form.

A team without a coach, a game without a plan, a governing body with nothing to say . . . it can't get worse than this, can it? Actually, it can says Graham Thomas.

The Guinness Women’s Six Nations kicks off this weekend and for the new Wales coach it is a quick turnaround.

He knows Wales, played in Wales, coached in Wales, has a Welsh wife and still lives in Wales - but Simon Easterby insists no-one from Wales has spoken to him about a job.

The Six Nations is over but the pain will take some time to ease for Wales who have finished with a second successive Wooden Spoon and a record defeat to England.

Matt Sherratt takes charge of Wales for the final time on Saturday as England come to Cardiff to face Wales in the last round of the Six Nations.