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<blockquote data-quote="Peat" data-source="post: 614791" data-attributes="member: 42330"><p>Sometimes I dream of a similar solution in English rugby. A two-tier domestic league of about eight or so teams that provides players with a stepping stone to 6 or so English regions that take part in a true Euroleague. The reality though makes such a change incredibly difficult, relying on huge amounts of consensus and goodwill. I get the way you want to create a clear link between a strong and proud Welsh league which gets fans interested and then take the players whom the fans follow off to play elite matches and sharpen everyone up, hopefully taking fan interest with them. Its a possible goer if everything else was to fall into place but it won't, not anytime soon at least.</p><p></p><p>My first solution to Welsh rugby would be to somehow persuade the WRU to defecate or get off the pot. Either they take complete control of the Regions in some way or they accept that they cannot dictate so to independent partners and forge a better relationship which includes paying their way and financially backing their men. That fracture is the most important one, not the one between fans and regions. Granted, my solution is probably even more unlikely than Dull's, but it does cut right to the core.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Peat, post: 614791, member: 42330"] Sometimes I dream of a similar solution in English rugby. A two-tier domestic league of about eight or so teams that provides players with a stepping stone to 6 or so English regions that take part in a true Euroleague. The reality though makes such a change incredibly difficult, relying on huge amounts of consensus and goodwill. I get the way you want to create a clear link between a strong and proud Welsh league which gets fans interested and then take the players whom the fans follow off to play elite matches and sharpen everyone up, hopefully taking fan interest with them. Its a possible goer if everything else was to fall into place but it won't, not anytime soon at least. My first solution to Welsh rugby would be to somehow persuade the WRU to defecate or get off the pot. Either they take complete control of the Regions in some way or they accept that they cannot dictate so to independent partners and forge a better relationship which includes paying their way and financially backing their men. That fracture is the most important one, not the one between fans and regions. Granted, my solution is probably even more unlikely than Dull's, but it does cut right to the core. [/QUOTE]
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