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A pathway is not a diagram. It is whether a child can see the next step.
Bring the pathway debate to life by connecting clubs, schools, SRC, women and girls rugby, geography and access.
Pathway view
Whether a child can see the next step is the real test.
A pathway page should show school, club, SRC, academy and professional stages as connected lived routes, not a static chart.
Evidence method
How this page is built.
- Summary
- How school, club, SRC, academy and professional stages connect — for boys, girls, women, men and clubs across the geography of Wales.
- Source
- Pathway proposal, regional submissions, women-and-girls reports and YSA pathway notes.
- What it says
- A pathway is not a diagram. It is whether a child can see the next step. The page tests current proposals against access, geography, coaching, women and girls provision and the SRC bridge.
- Why it matters
- Pathway change affects whether the next generation of players, coaches and volunteers can stay in the Welsh system. It is not a structural detail, it is the future.
- What remains unclear
- The published access map, the protection plan for displaced players, and the resourcing route for the women and girls pathway under any reform option.
- Related discussion
- ClubHub: pathways discussionClubHub: women and girls
- Last updated
- 30 April 2026