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<blockquote data-quote="snoopy snoopy dog dog" data-source="post: 935720" data-attributes="member: 13611"><p>You can drive or get the train from Cardiff to most clubs in the Premiership in under 3 hours. Instead they're in a competition where they have to fly to most away games. Newport to Bristol is around 40 minutes. Instead of playing the Bears, the Dragons are driving to Cardiff or one of the London airports and getting connecting flights to Bloemfontein. It's understandable why they'd prefer to be in with the English clubs.</p><p></p><p></p><p>This is also true. The population of Wales is just 3 million compared to about 55 million in England. They just don't bring enough commercially to the table on their own. Ireland (north and south), Scotland and Wales has a population of around 15 million. The three nations combined brings a bit more clout.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="snoopy snoopy dog dog, post: 935720, member: 13611"] You can drive or get the train from Cardiff to most clubs in the Premiership in under 3 hours. Instead they're in a competition where they have to fly to most away games. Newport to Bristol is around 40 minutes. Instead of playing the Bears, the Dragons are driving to Cardiff or one of the London airports and getting connecting flights to Bloemfontein. It's understandable why they'd prefer to be in with the English clubs. This is also true. The population of Wales is just 3 million compared to about 55 million in England. They just don't bring enough commercially to the table on their own. Ireland (north and south), Scotland and Wales has a population of around 15 million. The three nations combined brings a bit more clout. [/QUOTE]
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