Stopping players from playing outside of Wales. How archaic, 'you can't play for Wales if u go over the bridge to play' Stupidity, but that is the dying Welsh 'day out' Egg.
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Stopping players from playing outside of Wales. How archaic, 'you can't play for Wales if u go over the bridge to play' Stupidity, but that is the dying Welsh 'day out' Egg.
It's an attempt to save the top level club game which is dying a slow death.
Stupid regional teams killed off Welsh club rugby.Originally Posted by Barry Shitpeas
Is the correct answer. Utter stupidity.
I'm no expert, but regional rugger seems yo do rather well in the likes of New Zealand and Ireland. Perhaps we're just too parochial in this country.
Rewind twenty years and both our club sides and national team were in a mess. At least our national team has been competitive in recent times. Having said that the regions are a mess and many supporters particularly in the valleys have been disinfranchised.
It was always going to be difficult for Welsh rugby when the game went pro. The upside was that our players no longer had to turn to rugby League to make their money. The downside was that we were never going to compete with the English and French club sides who could lure our best players with huge financial packages.
There are no obvious answers and I do fear the national team is in decline and we could be about to begin a depressing period for the game in Wales.
Couple of "sovs" on GEORGIA it is then.
Diolch yn fawr iawn Bazza
t'in croeso butty.
When welsh football sells 50, 60, 70k for glorified friendlies then you can speak of welsh rugby dying.
70k+ v Japan
Just dopey people out for a piss up on cheap tickets.When welsh football sells 50, 60, 70k for glorified friendlies then you can speak of welsh rugby dying.
70k+ v Japan
Rotten Egg sums up Welsh Rugby perfectly.
Wales football were selling 15k with £20 tickets 3 years ago.
I have a ticket stub in my room from 2008 that is £20 for a qualifier.
They havent raised prices 9 years for a reason
Cardiff wouldnt be half the city without investment due to the guaranteed large attendances of rugby. They can't rely on football fans as we've a history of being huge glory hunters that wont turn up to games.
Actually I'll just avoid rugby threads in the future this happens every time.
And how many of them regularly watch their local team? Cardiff Blues average 7,000 a game, City averaged 16,000 in season 15/16 when we were shit. Newport Gwent Dragons average 5,000 whilst County average about 3,000.When welsh football sells 50, 60, 70k for glorified friendlies then you can speak of welsh rugby dying.
70k+ v Japan
On that basis, how on earth can they compete financially for players with the big French and English clubs?
Welsh Rugby Internationals are more of a social event than a sporting one these days. Sure, like every sport, there are some hardcore supporters but most of them seem to be hellbent on getting totally shitfaced, showing off their sparkly cowboy hats and with a bit of luck gurning on the big screen.
Imagine telling Chris Coleman that he can only pick players who currently play in Wales? Ridiculous.
I am not denying their are a huge number of glory hunters with the rugby. & cardiff on rugby day is like new years eve, I imagine not everyones cup of tea. But that isn't what people on here say. They say everyone in the ground is a idiot drunk. As if cardiff city or wales football don't have those!.
When in truth tickets are first given to local rugby clubs for sale. Then debenture tickets holders. Then people with WRU memberships. Then to general sale.
I get debenture tickets sometimes and people near me tend to be 50 +, knowing loads about the game. In the lower tiers you'll see people there simply to get hammered but not elsewhere.
How much outcry was there over city's colour change?.....Have you seen the chopping and changing of the regions in welsh rugby?. Gutting clubs of their history. Not only that but the league was meaningless for years. Now they've changed that with the no guarantee of European places.
it would appear, based on this alone, that you are
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I think the Welsh regions spend around a third of the amount on wages that the big English teams do. Lots of teams making big losses to keep up.
But the poster was on about club and regional rugby which is struggling badly.It is a desperate attempt to keep the best welsh players playing in wales.But the money english and french clubs offer can't be matched by wales even with the revenue from internationals.When welsh football sells 50, 60, 70k for glorified friendlies then you can speak of welsh rugby dying.
70k+ v Japan
If rugby is so popular in Wales how come nobody sponsors the regions with any significant money?
No one says the club game is popular do they?.
The main thing is there is a big european tournament in rugby international every single year. That is why people tend to care more about it.
You cant compare football/rugby fans really the circumstances are different.
With football how long will it be till we see big games again?. Rugby have them every autumn and February/March.
Isn’t that kind of the point though.
All we ever hear is how wales is a rugby nation and we all love it.
Yet the reality is that If that was true then how come club rugby attracts two men and a dog?
As someone posted earlier, rugby is all about the day out on the piss.
Probably explains why there’s no rugby in the Arab countries.
No alcohol = no point.
Ah not just a rugby problem there.Before Tan we were always owned by people with not enough money.hey just don't exist in Wales.
havent been on here for a few years, eggy eggy eggy oi oi oi!!!
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A team with one of the worst reputations in the entire UK for having scumbag fans, saying people who have a few pints on match during the rugby are degenerates
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