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<blockquote data-quote="TVH11" data-source="post: 411340" data-attributes="member: 20067"><p>Couldn't agree more in what you said, but this point is key i think. We don't seem to have "faith" in our youngsters at regional level. Most of the guys playing are playing welsh premiership and "bench warmers" (and i mean that with the upmost respect to the players) for the regions. The Scarlets and Dragons to be fair do seem to breed the youngsters well, but The Ospreys and in some respects the Blues are guilty of buying from overseas instead of using and developing players at an early age. The welsh premier just isn't up to standard, and some would argue the Pro 12 as well (Magners league). I hope the Ospreys especially begin to use their younger guys a bit more next season and not just use them when "senior" players are away on international duty (we actually played well and won all our games during the 6 nations with our "weaker side").</p><p>But all in all, New Zealand are a different class though. Its innate, but also structure is way more efficient down there. The youth structure in wales relies heavily on "dady's the coach" or "dady has lots of money to sponsor the team". It sounds slightly bitter, but it does happen, i see it happen day in day out (not going to name names)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TVH11, post: 411340, member: 20067"] Couldn't agree more in what you said, but this point is key i think. We don't seem to have "faith" in our youngsters at regional level. Most of the guys playing are playing welsh premiership and "bench warmers" (and i mean that with the upmost respect to the players) for the regions. The Scarlets and Dragons to be fair do seem to breed the youngsters well, but The Ospreys and in some respects the Blues are guilty of buying from overseas instead of using and developing players at an early age. The welsh premier just isn't up to standard, and some would argue the Pro 12 as well (Magners league). I hope the Ospreys especially begin to use their younger guys a bit more next season and not just use them when "senior" players are away on international duty (we actually played well and won all our games during the 6 nations with our "weaker side"). But all in all, New Zealand are a different class though. Its innate, but also structure is way more efficient down there. The youth structure in wales relies heavily on "dady's the coach" or "dady has lots of money to sponsor the team". It sounds slightly bitter, but it does happen, i see it happen day in day out (not going to name names) [/QUOTE]
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