Jonathan 'Jiffy' Davies tore into the "shambolic" Welsh Rugby Union after a week which has seen CEO Steve Phillips resign from his job following bombshell allegations.
Phillips and the WRU made the announcement early on Sunday morning at the end of a traumatic week following a groundswell of outrage over 'toxic' allegations directed at the union in a damning BBC documentary on Monday.
Phillips has left the role, while Nigel Walker has stepped up to fill the position on an interim basis while the union seek a permanent replacement.
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Walker appeared on BBC's Scrum V on Sunday night and faced a grilling from presenter Lauren Jenkins as well as panellists Chris Horsman, James Hook, Alecs Donovan and Jiffy.
And Jiffy simply could not hide his dismay at the end of another week which has dragged Welsh rugby into more controversy.
"I can't say anything else - it's been an absolute shambles. Another shambles with Welsh rugby," the former Wales fly-half began.
"It's taken an investigation from a BBC programme and maybe a letter from (Cardiff Rugby director) Hayley Parsons to initiate this. We always seem to be reactive not proactive. There must have been signals there when Amanda Blanc left - and Nigel says he didn't know about all of it.
"What kind of environment and culture is that? You've got to be open and transparent to everyone. Unfortunately now, there has been such a damage on the brand that Steve Phillips had to go.
"The level of support that went against him, I've never seen anything like it in 40 years involved with rugby. The regions went, the PRB went, junior clubs went, nearly everyone went against him. There is no way he could have stayed."
He went on to add: "This could be the defining moment in Welsh rugby. They have the opportunity to make changes. Governance, the constitution, everything. This is the moment they can do it.
"Implement professional boards to run the professional game and amateur boards to run the amateur game. They have a chance for a clean sweep.
"Hopefully they can get the investigations going and that is done quickly. Nigel is acting CEO, you have to go and get the guy now who has the tools to take the union forward and to take the game forward in Wales. There are so many issues you can talk about today; the players' contracts, the regions at loggerheads against the union, where is the grass roots? What's happening with the Premiership?
"There needs to be an overhaul and we need the right guy in there now to start the procedure."
Walker responded by saying the union was committed to implementing change and acting upon the recommendations of the external Taskforce which has been asked to conduct an investigation into the organisation.
Ieuan Evans announced that the extraordinary general meeting (EGM) would be brought forward to March in order to push through legislations that would see changes to the board take place.
Walker said changes need to be made at board level, adding: "We need to make sure the diversity of that board, the diversity of skills, a gender mix, because it's a £100m business so we need to make sure all the component parts of the business are represented on that board. Ieuan and I are committed to doing that absolutely."
The WRU tried to change the governance at the end of last year, appealing for clubs to vote in favour of giving the union the option of appointing an independent, non-elected chair. However, the clubs did not vote for the motion in sufficient numbers, with the WRU failing to meet the 75 percent threshold, with just 65.4 percent voting in favour.
So, Jiffy stepped in to ask the key question. "There needs to be a change in governance. If they say 'No', what happens then?" he said.
Walker replied: "Because of the constitution it has to go through the clubs. Given where we are now, I'd be amazed, when the governance changes are explained... I'd want to see the club who votes against that. Given the groundswell there at the moment."
Walker said he was aware of some of the allegations that were made in the BBC documentary this week, but that some of the material was new to him. He described the allegations as "harrowing, upsetting and despicable."
He added: "The tone of the Welsh Rugby Union today is one of contrition, one of remorse, one of apology for those employees who went through what they went through and a desire to put it right.
"We know we've made improvements in the relatively recent past. What we don't know is how much of a gap there still is. We recognise we have got to move further and we've got to move faster and that's why Ieuan Evans announced we would be asking for outside help with a Taskforce.
"That Taskforce will be able to turn over every stone and tell us how much further we have got to do.
"There is a desire and a commitment from the Welsh Rugby Union to get better and we will implement all the recommendations put forward by that Taskforce."
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