at the end

The attendance of just over 56,000 will also concern WRU bosses with many empty seats visible at the end.

At half-time, they might address something and away they go, or at the end of the game when they are doing their analysis - 'we should have done this or done that'.

“We talked to them a lot about this three-game stretch here at the end and what an opportunity it is for us,” he said.

But Department for Transport said the fare cap introduced by the previous government was due to expire at the end of 2024 and some fares would have soared unless it intervened.

The conference comes at the end of a turbulent year, during which the party has had three leaders.