It's an attempt to save the top level club game which is dying a slow death.
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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.
Diolch yn fawr iawn Bazza
When welsh football sells 50, 60, 70k for glorified friendlies then you can speak of welsh rugby dying.
70k+ v Japan
And If I've seen an example of someone being banned then returning, it being obvious from their same crap posts, I think this is it.
I realise there is bad feeling toward the egg (it's amazing that some egg chasers still don't want Welsh football to succeed) but criticism should be as informed as possible. While there is a downside for the players to be blocked from leaving wales, for the players at least, Wales needs it's squad to have time together before each international and the Welsh rugby team is far more likely to see more of this is it's players are still in Wales. You only have to see how halfpenny's relationship with his club side soured with his dedication to the lions and Wales. Clubs are also benefitting when their biggest players stay in Wales. The only downside is the player's pockets and, potentially, player development.
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.
I not into egg chasing but I was listening to this on BBc Wales. Surely it's a case of 'restriction of trade' under the law. If you're good enough to throw an egg to next man, then go and lie on top of said man whilst other men run over to lie on top of you and this is how you earn your living, but then u can earn a bit more by letting foreign men lie on top of you abroad (EU) but you are still good enough to let Welsh men lie on top of you if u was still in Wales n the Welsh team but you cant cause you crossed over to France under Eu law to take ur Labour where u want but not this fussy Welsh law. Can they stop u earning money by not letting people lie on u in a Welsh jersey when u defo would have been picked if u never went away to let other men lie on u?
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.
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.
If rugby is so popular in Wales how come nobody sponsors the regions with any significant money?
The WRU need to step up and assist all international squad players with extra money to their club contract.
This is the only way that we can hope to retain Welsh players in Wales.
Like football, it is a short career so moving to double your salary is something we would all do.
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.