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<blockquote data-quote="feicarsinn" data-source="post: 307458"><p><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (DuncTheDoodle @ Mar 15 2010, 09:36 PM) <a href="http://index.php?act=findpost&pid=441046" target="_blank"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div></p><p></p><p>Galway is a brilliant place. I'd recommend going there to anyone. Of all the ML trips you can take Galway and Edinburgh are the best.</p><p></p><p>However it isn't as easy as saying Munster has 2 good stadiums and Connacht none. Fact is Limerick has a population of roughly 90,000 and Cork around 250,000. Add to that the far that both cities have rich rugby histories and you can't deny that they are both worthy ofvery good stadia.</p><p></p><p>Galway on the other hand has alot of problems. It's a smaller city (approx 70,000) and rugby plays fourth fiddle to Football, Soccer and Hurling. While Galwegians and Corinthians are both well respected clubs they're not in the same league as say Shannon or Cork Con. Fact is there just isn't as much interest in rugby in Connacht as in Munster, just look at Connacht's attendances.</p><p></p><p></p><p>I am however all in favour of serious investment in the Connacht branch but in my opinion the Stadium would be one of the last things to go in place. We don't want to end up with a situation like Llanelli's where the stadium is at best one fifth full for most ML games. Firstly some serious efforts have to go into promoting the brand of Connacht rugby. Then a stronger squad has to be established. This could be done quite easily if the IRFU was willing to put in place some kind of loan system allowing Leinster, Ulster Munster players to spend a season or two at Connacht to develop. Imagine a Connacht backline of Keatley, Carr, Mc Fadden, Dave Kearney, Matthews and Ian Whitten. Lethal.</p><p></p><p></p><p>So to sum up: Improve standards first, then the stadiums.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="feicarsinn, post: 307458"] <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (DuncTheDoodle @ Mar 15 2010, 09:36 PM) [url='index.php?act=findpost&pid=441046']<{POST_SNAPBACK}>[/url]</div> Galway is a brilliant place. I'd recommend going there to anyone. Of all the ML trips you can take Galway and Edinburgh are the best. However it isn't as easy as saying Munster has 2 good stadiums and Connacht none. Fact is Limerick has a population of roughly 90,000 and Cork around 250,000. Add to that the far that both cities have rich rugby histories and you can't deny that they are both worthy ofvery good stadia. Galway on the other hand has alot of problems. It's a smaller city (approx 70,000) and rugby plays fourth fiddle to Football, Soccer and Hurling. While Galwegians and Corinthians are both well respected clubs they're not in the same league as say Shannon or Cork Con. Fact is there just isn't as much interest in rugby in Connacht as in Munster, just look at Connacht's attendances. I am however all in favour of serious investment in the Connacht branch but in my opinion the Stadium would be one of the last things to go in place. We don't want to end up with a situation like Llanelli's where the stadium is at best one fifth full for most ML games. Firstly some serious efforts have to go into promoting the brand of Connacht rugby. Then a stronger squad has to be established. This could be done quite easily if the IRFU was willing to put in place some kind of loan system allowing Leinster, Ulster Munster players to spend a season or two at Connacht to develop. Imagine a Connacht backline of Keatley, Carr, Mc Fadden, Dave Kearney, Matthews and Ian Whitten. Lethal. So to sum up: Improve standards first, then the stadiums. [/QUOTE]
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