Wales v Australia: Shanklin says Gatland in danger of losing job

WRU chief executive Abi Tierney was appointed permanently in January 2024 by chairman Richard Collier-Keywood and stated she would produce a new strategy in the first half of the year.

A preliminary document was published in June with the promise of the overall document later in the year, but that has still not been published.

“A lot of things are reactive rather than proactive,” Jones told Scrum V The Warm Up programme.

“We hear things about a report that should be published and I think we are still waiting.

“You look at the success Wales had since 2005, but did we take it for granted and think of the next move, rather than the one in front?

“We talk about succession of players and coaches, but where is the succession with governance, all that sort of stuff that are obviously now impacting the game?”

Jones says a long-term strategy has to be agreed.

“There are a lot of people out there who want to know what the plan is and we need the communication,” said Jones.

“If you can see it, everyone can get behind it, irrelevant of what is happening on the pitch.

“Rugby needs players and supporters, we are all stakeholders, if we are not communicated to, people do not know what’s going on.

“We have had too many of these situations now, we just need some sort of plan.”