Head coach Filo Tiatia insists it's business as usual at the Dragons, despite Wales legend Sam Warburton calling for the region to be cut.
Former national team captain Warburton believes doing away with one of the four regions would concentrate the player pool in Wales and kick-start a five-year plan to bring success back to a country which has reached its lowest ebb after another disastrous Six Nations showing.
Wales have now lost 17 tests in a row, the most recent of which was a punishing 68-14 defeat to England in Cardiff in what was interim head coach Matt Sherratt's final game in charge.
Wales are now on the lookout for a new director of rugby and head coach, but Warburton said there must be more drastic change than simply selecting new people at the top.
"If you're going to make a call it's now. No action is the worst action now. It's worse if you do nothing. You have to do something. So, what do you do? Four regions don't work. We haven't got enough players," he said on BBC's Six Nations Rugby Special.
"Look at the impact it's had, by accident, in the English Premiership. It's concentrated the player pool, we need to concentrate our pool into three teams. Maybe there are 30 players of national interest to Wales. Any players outside of those players of national interest, they get dual-contracted to the tier below, which is the Super Rygbi Cymru, our semi-professional league, but you can enhance that if another 90 players drop down and play in it.
"That is geographically well-represented across all the regions including north Wales. That's got to come in the form of a merger. It's got to be put on the table now and we've got to have these open conversations. Is anyone willing to merge? The teams in the west or the east?
"Or are we going to judge it off who has provided most players to the national team and performance on the pitch. If that's the case, and it's unfortunate because a lot of good work is going on there, then it's going to be the Dragons who suffer."
Former Wales captain Sam Warburton is calling for the Dragons region to be cut (Image: Chris Fairweather/Huw Evans Agency)
Tiatia, who is preparing the Men of Gwent to tackle Ulster in the United Rugby Championship at Rodney Parade on Saturday evening, refused to be drawn on Warburton's words.
"I don't have any comments on what's gone wrong," said the Kiwi coach, who is close with former Wales boss Warren Gatland and interim head coach Matt Sherratt.
"I checked in with Gats when he moved on and when Jockey (Sherratt) got the role I checked in with him just to see how he was going. I was really proud of how the players adapted and played a different style of footy and I enjoyed the tests.
"With the governing body, how they move forward and find their coach and how that looks - everyone is very vocal around that. I don't have an opinion.
"What's best for Wales, the governing body will make a decision around that. I don't read the media. It's an opinion."
The Dragons go into Saturday's match looking for their first URC victory since the opening weekend of the season. They have lost all 11 league matches since that 23-21 success over the Ospreys.
Meanwhile, former Dragons and Wales back row Ross Moriarty is set to leave Brive to join up with Ospreys for the 2025-26 season.
Moriarty left Dragons for France in 2023 having had a previous six-year spell with Gloucester.
