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<blockquote data-quote="Rugbyrant" data-source="post: 773502" data-attributes="member: 73388"><p>Hi All</p><p></p><p>I will start by saying I am English with Welsh in laws and played most of my Rugby when young in the Swansea area and valleys</p><p></p><p>When the regions were created they created a lot of resentment among my Welsh friends as it seemed Cardiff and Llanelli were given preference and able to keep their identity where clubs with equally credible histories were formed into regions. This resulted in many of my friends saying remarks i.e. 'if the new regional side was playing in my back garden I would close the curtains'. It seems reading the latest post these resentments are still festering and the attendances are certainly poor enough to possible reflect this sentiment is still widespread. It has been suggested to me that when the National side call in their squad the regional sides are poor value to watch. If this is the case then two regional sides might make sense whereby the local sides could retain more of their identity and there would be little impact on them when the National side call up their squad. I have no idea whether this would impact player development or how it would be financed - what is obvious to everyone is that local support has to improve or the game will die at the grassroots.</p><p></p><p>I wish the WRU every success as the Wales v England fixture must remain as a top competitive fixture for all of us. At the moment I think the WRU are in a far better position than the English RU </p><p></p><p>Rugbyrant</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rugbyrant, post: 773502, member: 73388"] Hi All I will start by saying I am English with Welsh in laws and played most of my Rugby when young in the Swansea area and valleys When the regions were created they created a lot of resentment among my Welsh friends as it seemed Cardiff and Llanelli were given preference and able to keep their identity where clubs with equally credible histories were formed into regions. This resulted in many of my friends saying remarks i.e. 'if the new regional side was playing in my back garden I would close the curtains'. It seems reading the latest post these resentments are still festering and the attendances are certainly poor enough to possible reflect this sentiment is still widespread. It has been suggested to me that when the National side call in their squad the regional sides are poor value to watch. If this is the case then two regional sides might make sense whereby the local sides could retain more of their identity and there would be little impact on them when the National side call up their squad. I have no idea whether this would impact player development or how it would be financed - what is obvious to everyone is that local support has to improve or the game will die at the grassroots. I wish the WRU every success as the Wales v England fixture must remain as a top competitive fixture for all of us. At the moment I think the WRU are in a far better position than the English RU Rugbyrant [/QUOTE]
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