Cardiff Rugby

[LeningradCowboy]

Apparently they're on the verge of insolvency and a takeover by the WRU is imminent.

Professional sport in Cardiff is in a sorry state of affairs.

[J R Hartley]

Re: Cardiff Rugby

Cardiff is arguably the worst sports supporting major city in the UK by the citys own inhabitants.

[Rock_Flock_of_Five]

Re: Cardiff Rugby

Apparently they're on the verge of insolvency and a takeover by the WRU is imminent.

Professional sport in Cardiff is in a sorry state of affairs.

Forgive my ignorance, is Cardiff Rugby a separate entity from the regional side, Cardiff Blues?

[LeningradCowboy]

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Forgive my ignorance, is Cardiff Rugby a separate entity from the regional side, Cardiff Blues?

Cardiff Rugby is the team that was previously called Cardiff Blues.

[Trigger]

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Seems like poor finances is something that is catching up to a lot of rugby clubs even in richer leagues. At least some of those clubs had some good times along the way, Cardiff haven't.

[poc]

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Seems like poor finances is something that is catching up to a lot of rugby clubs even in richer leagues. At least some of those clubs had some good times along the way, Cardiff haven't.

i think this is a franchise team not the old cardiff

[The Bloop]

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Administration, not Insolvency.

If they went insolvent there wouldn't be anything for the WRU to take over.

[Canton Kev]

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Cardiff is arguably the worst sports supporting major city in the UK by the citys own inhabitants.

By what metric? Over the past few years we’ve got a football team that’s averaged 15k-20k, a rugby team averaging ~8k and an Ice Hockey team averaging 3k.

I’d guess that’s better ratios per population than the likes of Reading, Milton Keynes, Norwich, Bournemouth, Peterborough and probably several other cities depending on your definition of “major”.

[Rjk]

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By what metric? Over the past few years we’ve got a football team that’s averaged 15k-20k, a rugby team averaging ~8k and an Ice Hockey team averaging 3k.

I’d guess that’s better ratios per population than the likes of Reading, Milton Keynes, Norwich, Bournemouth, Peterborough and probably several other cities depending on your definition of “major”.

how many do Glamorgan or Welsh Fire get?

[Canton Kev]

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how many do Glamorgan or Welsh Fire get?

Apparently 7k-10k depending on different sources. But I don’t know cricket so I don’t know which tournaments are what.

[19bluebirds27]

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2018 could be argued that Cardiff’s sporting teams were very successful.
Football promotion to PL.
Rugby won the equivalent of the UEFA cup.
Ice Hockey won league and playoffs.

[Ninian1962]

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Administration, not Insolvency.

If they went insolvent there wouldn't be anything for the WRU to take over.

Administration is a form of insolvency. It is not Liquidation but still insolvency - a business has to be insolvent to enter Administration

[Der Kaiser]

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2018 could be argued that Cardiff’s sporting teams were very successful.
Football promotion to PL.
Rugby won the equivalent of the UEFA cup.
Ice Hockey won league and playoffs.

And Geraint Thomas won the Tour De France!

[J R Hartley]

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By what metric? Over the past few years we’ve got a football team that’s averaged 15k-20k, a rugby team averaging ~8k and an Ice Hockey team averaging 3k.

I’d guess that’s better ratios per population than the likes of Reading, Milton Keynes, Norwich, Bournemouth, Peterborough and probably several other cities depending on your definition of “major”.

None of those are major cities and half of Cardiff City FCs support isn’t even from Cardiff!

[The Bloop]

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Administration is a form of insolvency. It is not Liquidation but still insolvency - a business has to be insolvent to enter Administration

Thanks. My bad.