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<blockquote data-quote="Amiga500" data-source="post: 592200" data-attributes="member: 56767"><p>It is better than the old club system. Every single measure of performance (on the pitch at least) bears that out.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Is it the best? Big question, and to be honest, one we are unlikely to ever get the answer to. Ireland are blessed with having the provinces stretch back centuries in geography and over a century in rugby [and having a (comparatively) even distribution of population throughout the country (OK, Connacht aside, 3/4 ain't bad)]. Therefore it was much easier for the IRFU to get punters to buy into the professional provincial scene... and enough of them to go through the turnstiles of province to make it financially viable. [Connacht still needing work due to the lower population]</p><p></p><p>The Welsh regions are never going to develop 100+ years of history and attachment in 10 years. It'll take a generation to see it properly bed in.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Amiga500, post: 592200, member: 56767"] It is better than the old club system. Every single measure of performance (on the pitch at least) bears that out. Is it the best? Big question, and to be honest, one we are unlikely to ever get the answer to. Ireland are blessed with having the provinces stretch back centuries in geography and over a century in rugby [and having a (comparatively) even distribution of population throughout the country (OK, Connacht aside, 3/4 ain't bad)]. Therefore it was much easier for the IRFU to get punters to buy into the professional provincial scene... and enough of them to go through the turnstiles of province to make it financially viable. [Connacht still needing work due to the lower population] The Welsh regions are never going to develop 100+ years of history and attachment in 10 years. It'll take a generation to see it properly bed in. [/QUOTE]
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