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<blockquote data-quote="Peat" data-source="post: 591796" data-attributes="member: 42330"><p>This is all besides the point as the PRL and the French were willing to agree to each Pro 12 country being guaranteed one team each.</p><p></p><p>Which would have been really bad news for the Welsh as things stood.</p><p></p><p>That said, consigning all the Scots and Italians to Amlin rugby would have been a bad move for European rugby as a whole, and isn't really comparable with Newcastle at all.</p><p></p><p>And I don't get why we English rugby fans are beating our chests and getting all law of the jungle about this. I don't think the law of the Jungle suits us. Handing a lot of power to France and their superior financing doesn't suit us. Killing off our meaningful competition doesn't suit us. There is all sorts of potential backfire situations here.</p><p></p><p>Side note - Clermont, Toulon and Toulouse all want Toby Flood apparently. The celts aren't the only country with something to fear when it comes to their best players leaving the system. We'd better get a lot more money from this new tournament...</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>It is, it really is. Their rugby blows, interest fades - take a meaningful game out of the Six Nations, lose ticket sales, lose TV markets, have less meaningful competitive matches with which to prepare for the World Cup and beating the SANZAR countries. Enlightened self-interest says that without a strong European rugby scene, the only medal left for the survivors is a tallest midget contest.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Peat, post: 591796, member: 42330"] This is all besides the point as the PRL and the French were willing to agree to each Pro 12 country being guaranteed one team each. Which would have been really bad news for the Welsh as things stood. That said, consigning all the Scots and Italians to Amlin rugby would have been a bad move for European rugby as a whole, and isn't really comparable with Newcastle at all. And I don't get why we English rugby fans are beating our chests and getting all law of the jungle about this. I don't think the law of the Jungle suits us. Handing a lot of power to France and their superior financing doesn't suit us. Killing off our meaningful competition doesn't suit us. There is all sorts of potential backfire situations here. Side note - Clermont, Toulon and Toulouse all want Toby Flood apparently. The celts aren't the only country with something to fear when it comes to their best players leaving the system. We'd better get a lot more money from this new tournament... It is, it really is. Their rugby blows, interest fades - take a meaningful game out of the Six Nations, lose ticket sales, lose TV markets, have less meaningful competitive matches with which to prepare for the World Cup and beating the SANZAR countries. Enlightened self-interest says that without a strong European rugby scene, the only medal left for the survivors is a tallest midget contest. [/QUOTE]
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