Incoming Dragons boss Dean Ryan has launched a withering attack on his former RFU employers.
"The union do thousands of things, none very well," he said of Twickenham chiefs in a no-holds barred assessment.
Ryan, who has big plans for the Dragons , spoke out following the RFU departure of an ex-Wales international as head of sport science.
Three-times capped flanker Mark Bennett joined the RFU in the summer of 2017 to take charge of the athletic development of England's international teams, outside of Eddie Jones' senior squad.
Bennett spent five years with Ospreys and six more with the WRU and was part of Wales’ national team as conditioning coach that won the Grand Slams in 2005 and 2008.
Bennett hasn't been replaced in his role within the England set-up in the midst of a stringent cost-cutting programme.
And it's one of the reasons Ryan, who is finishing as RFU head of international player development, voiced his concerns over the way things are being run at HQ, as he prepares to take over as newly-appointed Dragons director of rugby instead.
He maintains he intended to depart before the Rodney Parade job offer, citing "incredible frustration" at the way his department was affected by the RFU cutbacks.
He told the Sunday Times : "When I arrived we had seven coaches, now there are two. We tried to help club coaches too.
"In the pathway itself there are just Jim (Mallinder) and Steve (Bates).
"Mark Bennett, our sports scientist, left and has never been replaced so we are scrabbling for financial crumbs to supply essential support to all the high-performing teams."
Ryan said of his own role there: "I'm not actually doing anything, I'm not adding value. There is nothing left, no resources.
"The union do thousands of things, none very well.
"When I first came we had a £750,000 budget for coach development, now we have nothing. It means we will not support development for a single coach within the professional playing environment from the RFU.
"The trouble is that there are fixed costs rising all the time in the game, the higher wages and the fact the payments to the major clubs went off the scale.
"At the moment, the way in which revenue comes into the game is broken. Everyone at Twickenham is in a silo.
"You end up with everybody then starting to trade off against each other, and as the fixed costs rise, under the current system they lack the willingness to make a change."
