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Article in Rugby World outlining why LW are the worst Premiership club ever:
http://www.rugbyworld.com/countries/wales-countries/london-welsh-worst-premiership-side-ever-42050
Response from London Welsh:
http://www.rugbyworld.com/countries...on-welsh-fight-get-equality-premiership-42228
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http://www.rugbyworld.com/countries/wales-countries/london-welsh-worst-premiership-side-ever-42050
Some of the criticism has been scathing, The Daily Telegraph calling them “the most pathetic, forlorn side to play at this level since West Hartlepool at the ash end of the 90sâ€. Yet West Hartlepool won three games and drew another during their 1998-99 year in the top flight.
On the surface, only Rotherham, who lost all 22 games in 2003-04, look like challenging the contention that Welsh are the worst English Premiership team in history.
Response from London Welsh:
http://www.rugbyworld.com/countries...on-welsh-fight-get-equality-premiership-42228
According to board member Stephen Cole, the starting and finishing point for Welsh’s predicament is the inequitable funding system that not only prevented them assembling a competitive-enough squad last summer but continues to hamper their every move. Welsh made a far better fist of Aviva Premiership life in 2012-13, bagging 28 points (though five were deducted for fielding an ineligible player), but the game has moved on.
Read more at http://www.rugbyworld.com/countries...quality-premiership-42228#GVxjI2CHu01eC3I1.99
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