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Wales Six Nations squad 2023
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<blockquote data-quote="Bruce_ma gooshvili" data-source="post: 1120663" data-attributes="member: 74121"><p>Divide and conquer in action. They'll calculate 25 caps is enough to assemble a willing 23 on Saturday. </p><p></p><p>I do have some sympathy for the WRU (despite their constant undermining of the URC by talking about Englandshire). It's not an easy decision to cut a team instead of cutting wages. Even places like Australia that did it to the Force ended up reinstating them a few years later when political/financial sands had shifted. So you can look heartless and stupid cutting a team. </p><p></p><p>But 4x franchises and a reduced number of caps to 25 means you'll have 4x even weaker sides than they are now. The only winner in this sorry mess is Zebre, who might not finish bottom next year. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bruce_ma gooshvili, post: 1120663, member: 74121"] Divide and conquer in action. They'll calculate 25 caps is enough to assemble a willing 23 on Saturday. I do have some sympathy for the WRU (despite their constant undermining of the URC by talking about Englandshire). It's not an easy decision to cut a team instead of cutting wages. Even places like Australia that did it to the Force ended up reinstating them a few years later when political/financial sands had shifted. So you can look heartless and stupid cutting a team. But 4x franchises and a reduced number of caps to 25 means you'll have 4x even weaker sides than they are now. The only winner in this sorry mess is Zebre, who might not finish bottom next year. :p [/QUOTE]
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