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<blockquote data-quote="big ginger 8" data-source="post: 586576" data-attributes="member: 53057"><p>But most rugby fans like having the nationalism...except a lot of the French who couldn't give a **** about the national team and only care about their club. I'd say this is a situation most fans don't want.</p><p></p><p>I'm an Ireland fan first and a Leinster fan second.</p><p></p><p>I've kind of skimmed some posts and had a passing following, but I'm just going to say some stuff with the example of the IRFU above. Now the IRFU are far from always right and have made some **** ups but rugby would not be as strong in Ireland if it wasn't for them and most of the big names would be playing rather than the case where just this coming season only one nailed on starter is playing abroad. You talk about the shorfall for the IRFU but very few business' are actually making money in Ireland at the moment and it's the money from the international rugby that is helping the provinces stay decent. You mentioned Connacht only being a development team, without the IRFU there would be no Connacht. In fact I'd say of the provinces only Munster with a small possibility of Ulster could operate at the current level without the IRFU. You could of course make the point of private investors if the provinces went private but why would anyone want ot buy an Irish team when they could have a team from England or France? I personally believe that with full privitisation for the provinces in Ireland would mean neither club nor country would be able to flourish.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="big ginger 8, post: 586576, member: 53057"] But most rugby fans like having the nationalism...except a lot of the French who couldn't give a **** about the national team and only care about their club. I'd say this is a situation most fans don't want. I'm an Ireland fan first and a Leinster fan second. I've kind of skimmed some posts and had a passing following, but I'm just going to say some stuff with the example of the IRFU above. Now the IRFU are far from always right and have made some **** ups but rugby would not be as strong in Ireland if it wasn't for them and most of the big names would be playing rather than the case where just this coming season only one nailed on starter is playing abroad. You talk about the shorfall for the IRFU but very few business' are actually making money in Ireland at the moment and it's the money from the international rugby that is helping the provinces stay decent. You mentioned Connacht only being a development team, without the IRFU there would be no Connacht. In fact I'd say of the provinces only Munster with a small possibility of Ulster could operate at the current level without the IRFU. You could of course make the point of private investors if the provinces went private but why would anyone want ot buy an Irish team when they could have a team from England or France? I personally believe that with full privitisation for the provinces in Ireland would mean neither club nor country would be able to flourish. [/QUOTE]
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