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<blockquote data-quote="Amiga500" data-source="post: 607785" data-attributes="member: 56767"><p>It has changed things a bit.</p><p></p><p>1. The FFR will not back the RCC cross-border competition</p><p>2. The WRU will not back the RCC cross-border competition.</p><p>3. Therefore the IRB will not back the RCC cross-border competition.</p><p>4. Additionally, the unions have the capacity to put on a tournament next year - it may be a bit of a farce - but it <u>will</u> happen if they want to make it happen.</p><p>5. The RCC cannot now make this same commitment. </p><p>6. 4 & 5 have all sorts of cascading effects for sponsorship, TV deals, fixture organisation etc.</p><p>7. The RRW do not have the financial clout to survive without the WRU. If the WRU say jump, the RRW can squeal, shout and complain, but ultimately, have to ask "how high?"</p><p></p><p></p><p>The Irish, Italian and Scottish teams are present. The Welsh will be pressganged into it by the WRU.</p><p></p><p>The T14 clubs do not have to agree to participate - so worse case scenario is the FFR cobble together regional teams. But they can do that, it'll be ****, but there will be a game of sorts. However, if a few T14 teams go for the HEC (Toulon/Biarritz?) then I expect the others won't want to miss out on the financial advantages they are getting...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Amiga500, post: 607785, member: 56767"] It has changed things a bit. 1. The FFR will not back the RCC cross-border competition 2. The WRU will not back the RCC cross-border competition. 3. Therefore the IRB will not back the RCC cross-border competition. 4. Additionally, the unions have the capacity to put on a tournament next year - it may be a bit of a farce - but it [U]will[/U] happen if they want to make it happen. 5. The RCC cannot now make this same commitment. 6. 4 & 5 have all sorts of cascading effects for sponsorship, TV deals, fixture organisation etc. 7. The RRW do not have the financial clout to survive without the WRU. If the WRU say jump, the RRW can squeal, shout and complain, but ultimately, have to ask "how high?" The Irish, Italian and Scottish teams are present. The Welsh will be pressganged into it by the WRU. The T14 clubs do not have to agree to participate - so worse case scenario is the FFR cobble together regional teams. But they can do that, it'll be ****, but there will be a game of sorts. However, if a few T14 teams go for the HEC (Toulon/Biarritz?) then I expect the others won't want to miss out on the financial advantages they are getting... [/QUOTE]
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