Rugby fan immediately regrets setting himself ‘crazy’ Six Nations challenge after Wales thrashing

A Welsh rugby fan was made to immediately regret a ‘crazy’ Six Nations challenge he set himself ahead of the tournament’s first round.

Keen to keep himself motivated with fitness during the winter months, Rhodri Williams set himself a Six Nations inspired running challenge for this year’s championships.

Before the first round of fixtures, Williams promised he would run a mile for every point his beloved Wales lose a point by in this year’s tournament.

Wales came into the tournament low on confidence and form having failed to win any of their previous 12 matches.

And facing a trip to Paris to take on the pre-tournament favourites France, Warren Gatland’s Welsh side were in for a tough task in the opening round.

In the end, Wales suffered a heavy defeat in the Stade de France, with France running in seven tries en route to a 43-0 win.

As such, Williams faced the daunting task of a 43-mile ultramarathon for the first run of his five-match challenge.

True to his word, however, Williams set off on his run two days later, completing the required distance in 10 hours, 18 minutes and 25 seconds.

‘I made a promise, and promise delivered…’ he said on Instagram after the run.

‘Hopefully a couple less miles for next weekends game with Italy… and really for the rest of the Six Nations.

‘Not sure I could do that again!’

Many social media users, however, were fearful for his hopes of a quiet next few weeks.

‘This man is running around the globe in the next month and a half. Crazy,’ one commented

‘Bros gonna run the six continents before the six nations is finished,’ another added.

A third pleaded: ‘Someone needs to sponsor this man with some shoes. He’s gonna need them. Nike pony up.’

Wales face a more winnable game next weekend as they travel to Rome to take on Italy on Saturday, with head coach Gatland hopeful his side can bounce back.

‘We were playing against a team with so much depth even though they were missing a few players and one or two players had a pretty significant impact on the game in terms of being able to convert opportunities into points,’ said Gatland after his side’s defeat against France.

‘I think for us, next week becomes pretty important for us, we can’t hide away from that fact and we need to get the monkey off our back at the moment.

‘But I when I look at those forwards and the way they kept carrying and the way they kept defending, they gave it everything.

‘We need to make sure we’re smart in terms of the way that we play and to get that win next week in Rome.’