Apart from Dragons and Zebre, are there other URC sides that would also not survive in the English Premiership?

[Tooting Carmen]

In the past, I would have said Edinburgh, Connacht and Benetton as well, but all of them have improved substantially in recent years. Conversely, for all the fuss made about the Premiership being a putatively superior league, I'd argue that Leinster, Munster and maybe Ulster and Glasgow are better than the majority of teams in it.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Every single one of them

 

[Tooting Carmen]

Every single one of them

Even the Irish big three and Glasgow? Come on, you must be joking or trolling.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

I think even the most steadfast Leinster fan would agree that they'd be relegation fodder
@big ginger 8 @Le Frére Alpha - Back me up here

 

[pagliaccio_euforico]

Leinster and Munster ain't played nobody Paul. In the English Premiership it just means more. When you play in a truck stop league you can just beat up on teams weak after weak. But when you play in the Southeastern Conference English Premiership you have to face English Premiership speed every single god damn week. There ain't no rest down here boy.

 

[Leonormous Boozer]

I don't want to be any part of this so I agree with both sides.

 

[Groundhog]

The Premiership serves an important function as a backup option for Irish players who couldn't make it in Ireland and occasionally a feeder league for the Irish teams, similar to the minor league concept in baseball and ice hockey.

 

[McTallshort]

They all would because there is no relegation

 

[big ginger 8]

I think even the most steadfast Leinster fan would agree that they'd be relegation fodder
@big ginger 8 @Le Frére Alpha - Back me up here

Leinster smashed what is obviously the most supported Premiership team so really the answer is that Cardiff would win the Premiership.

 

[Craigo]

I will say here, Scarlets would do more than compete.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Capitulate is more letters than compete, so technically you're correct

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

Kalamafoni is viewed as one of the best Scarlets signings of modern times.
At Tigers he was pretty average solid player but that was about it
and yet his play style has not changed at all.

 

[Bruce_ma gooshvili]

Ignore them Craigo, it is the bitterness of men whose teams, unlike the Scarlets, haven't tasted a championship in recent years. Scarlets had a slow start to the season but may be coming good.

 

[Leonormous Boozer]

Zebre would walk the prem ngl.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Yeah to be fair to Scarlets they're a good side and at home they're damn near invincible,
What they'd do to Prem sides in the lower-mid, 7-10 table position range would be unthinkable

 

[Bruce_ma gooshvili]

A much weakened Scarlets were leading a star studded Sharks in Durban after 50mins which looked like immaculate timing, but alas not. They'll lose.

 

[duncanb]

Hard to tell but the week in week out plus 6 nations, autumn internationals, European cups.
Make the premership very atrisional. No doubt 3 if 4 Irish clubs would compete very well after that not so sure.
I have my doubts about rest abilities to finance and developing through academies to survive in what would be a division 1 and 2.

 

[Welsh Exile]

I thought both the Welsh sides matches against the Lions and Sharks were decent. Or at least a lot better than the score lines suggested. Either side could’ve won those games on another day.

 

[Craigo]

Only got away in the last 20. Good effort.