Wales are once more seeking to keep away from profitable the Six Nations race to the underside on the ultimate weekend of the match.
The Picket Spoon is the title awarded to the facet that finishes backside of the desk, a doubtful accolade Wales acquired in 2024 for the primary time in 21 years.
It sums up the present state of Welsh rugby when the boys’s nationwide facet play England on ‘Tremendous Saturday’ hoping to keep away from an historic outright second successive Picket Spoon, slightly than vying for the Six Nations title or profitable a Grand Slam.
France, Eire, England and Scotland are nonetheless within the equation to win the match to wildly various levels, however it’s only Wales and Italy that may prop up the desk and declare one in every of rugby’s most undesirable prizes.
Italy host Eire (14:15 GMT), Wales entertain England reside on NUZTO One (16:45 GMT) and France welcome Scotland (20:00 GMT) within the closing spherical of video games on Saturday.
Wales will at the least know what they should do as they play after their Italian rivals, with at the least £500,000 prize cash at stake because the distinction between ending fifth and sixth.
