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<blockquote data-quote="Bruce_ma gooshvili" data-source="post: 1120111" data-attributes="member: 74121"><p>Horrific quotes in this that may explain the Welsh second half capitulation at Murrayfield. When the game is lost, why risk an injury by putting your body on the line when it might result in you being unemployed?</p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.planetrugby.com/news/six-nations-wales-clash-with-england-in-doubt-as-warren-gatlands-players-consider-strike-action-report[/URL]</p><p></p><p>I'm sympathetic to the arguments but the grass isn't greener elsewhere, other than Japan or France. The money seems to be drying up in the English league and those English sides now have disincentives to pick players who are not eligible to play for the English national side (making them less likely to pay top dollar for anyone who isn't an absolutely top Welsh pro).</p><p></p><p>The WRU need to cut costs as they cannot attract sufficient sponsorship or TV money via the URC and 6N. If it isn't via reducing URC sides then it needs to be via player salaries. Given my above paragraph I think the lesser of two evils is to play hardball over salaries. But it's still a horrible thing to do.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bruce_ma gooshvili, post: 1120111, member: 74121"] Horrific quotes in this that may explain the Welsh second half capitulation at Murrayfield. When the game is lost, why risk an injury by putting your body on the line when it might result in you being unemployed? [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.planetrugby.com/news/six-nations-wales-clash-with-england-in-doubt-as-warren-gatlands-players-consider-strike-action-report[/URL] I'm sympathetic to the arguments but the grass isn't greener elsewhere, other than Japan or France. The money seems to be drying up in the English league and those English sides now have disincentives to pick players who are not eligible to play for the English national side (making them less likely to pay top dollar for anyone who isn't an absolutely top Welsh pro). The WRU need to cut costs as they cannot attract sufficient sponsorship or TV money via the URC and 6N. If it isn't via reducing URC sides then it needs to be via player salaries. Given my above paragraph I think the lesser of two evils is to play hardball over salaries. But it's still a horrible thing to do. [/QUOTE]
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