Menu
Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
Latest activity
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles and first posts only
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Help Support The Rugby Forum :
Forums
Rugby Union
RFU Championship / British-Irish Cup
Welsh rugby club protest march 31st
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="dullonien" data-source="post: 474134" data-attributes="member: 13739"><p>Parc Eirias looks like a decent stadium. Making it multi purpose was sensible, but having a running track in between the pitch and the stands at such a small stadium might really kill any atmosphere, we'll have to wait and see. Good that the WRU are playing three U20 games there this season, hopefully more to follow. When the A-team finally get's going again, maybe they could play a few games in North Wales at Eirias park and at the Stortsground in Wrexam for further involve North Wales.</p><p></p><p>I still think the Scarlets should move a few games up North, they might be surprised by the size of crowd they get. If they move some of the smaller fixtures, such as Connacht, Treviso or Aeroni, which hasn't been attracting more than a few thousand to Parc Y Scarlets, then I think they'd get similar crowds up North.</p><p></p><p>It's gonna be interesting to see how long it takes for RGC 1404 (or whatever they're called now), so move up through the system. The academy system is supposedly producing some good players, so when that ramps up a little more, things will get interesting.</p><p></p><p>It's still disapointing that the original provincial plan drawn up by the WRU wasn't accepted by the clubs. That proposal included a North Wales province fed from all South Wales clubs to begin with (I suppose very similar to Connacht, where young players go there to gain experience before returning to one of the other provinces). The four provinces were going to be:</p><p></p><p>- Llanelli, Swansea & Neath</p><p>- Cardiff, Bridgend & Ponty</p><p>- Newport, Caerphilly & Ebbw Vale</p><p>- North Wales province.</p><p></p><p>That seems like a much better split to me. The Gwent province is pretty similar to what it is now, so would poosibly still be struggling somewhat. The other two regions would be much stronger than what we have at the moment, whilst the North Wales region would be great for development. The plan was for the WRU to be control of the provinces (central contracts?). Much better than the botched system we have in place now. Ultimately it's the short sightedness of the bigger clubs in Wales that led to the current system.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dullonien, post: 474134, member: 13739"] Parc Eirias looks like a decent stadium. Making it multi purpose was sensible, but having a running track in between the pitch and the stands at such a small stadium might really kill any atmosphere, we'll have to wait and see. Good that the WRU are playing three U20 games there this season, hopefully more to follow. When the A-team finally get's going again, maybe they could play a few games in North Wales at Eirias park and at the Stortsground in Wrexam for further involve North Wales. I still think the Scarlets should move a few games up North, they might be surprised by the size of crowd they get. If they move some of the smaller fixtures, such as Connacht, Treviso or Aeroni, which hasn't been attracting more than a few thousand to Parc Y Scarlets, then I think they'd get similar crowds up North. It's gonna be interesting to see how long it takes for RGC 1404 (or whatever they're called now), so move up through the system. The academy system is supposedly producing some good players, so when that ramps up a little more, things will get interesting. It's still disapointing that the original provincial plan drawn up by the WRU wasn't accepted by the clubs. That proposal included a North Wales province fed from all South Wales clubs to begin with (I suppose very similar to Connacht, where young players go there to gain experience before returning to one of the other provinces). The four provinces were going to be: - Llanelli, Swansea & Neath - Cardiff, Bridgend & Ponty - Newport, Caerphilly & Ebbw Vale - North Wales province. That seems like a much better split to me. The Gwent province is pretty similar to what it is now, so would poosibly still be struggling somewhat. The other two regions would be much stronger than what we have at the moment, whilst the North Wales region would be great for development. The plan was for the WRU to be control of the provinces (central contracts?). Much better than the botched system we have in place now. Ultimately it's the short sightedness of the bigger clubs in Wales that led to the current system. [/QUOTE]
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Rugby Union
RFU Championship / British-Irish Cup
Welsh rugby club protest march 31st
Top