WRU independent board members Alison Thorne and Claire Donovan, tasked with carrying out the review, said while there had been poor behaviour, sexism had not been apparent.

"I've reflected on all the conversations we had with all involved over more than 50 hours and that [sexism] didn't come out," said Donovan.

"I have a 15-year career in rugby at a time when sexism absolutely was very much a part of how teams were treated, but I honestly did not get a sense that was part of the grievance or decision-making process.

"It was potentially a lack of respect and a lack of understanding of the importance of peoples position of power over that of the employees.

"There's a real determination to make things better for the Wales team but we may have lost our way in some of the conversations going forward."

The WRU has announced it is increasing funding of girls and women's rugby by 6m, to a total of 26m over the next five years.