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New to URC, why are the Welsh teams struggling?
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<blockquote data-quote="Saintjay" data-source="post: 1181258" data-attributes="member: 55969"><p>It's a tough one. Without funding at grass roots the game dies. How ever the WRU gets most money from Wales match day revenue. A poor national team and regions loses peoples interests and attendances suffer so funding decreases.</p><p></p><p>I think there's a lot to say about the academy structure that dicates that if your not in one by a certain age then that's it. I think Wales needs to get smarter about talent identification. Looking past the academy structure and at Colts level teams etc. Players get dumped out of academies rather quickly. When even a year or so later they might be very good, just not the nailed on holy grail everyone's looking for there and then.</p><p></p><p>Listening to a pod cast today, and there was a feeling talent is getting missed and retention of players after 16yo to still play rugby in Wales is a problem.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Saintjay, post: 1181258, member: 55969"] It's a tough one. Without funding at grass roots the game dies. How ever the WRU gets most money from Wales match day revenue. A poor national team and regions loses peoples interests and attendances suffer so funding decreases. I think there's a lot to say about the academy structure that dicates that if your not in one by a certain age then that's it. I think Wales needs to get smarter about talent identification. Looking past the academy structure and at Colts level teams etc. Players get dumped out of academies rather quickly. When even a year or so later they might be very good, just not the nailed on holy grail everyone's looking for there and then. Listening to a pod cast today, and there was a feeling talent is getting missed and retention of players after 16yo to still play rugby in Wales is a problem. [/QUOTE]
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