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<blockquote data-quote="Melhor Time" data-source="post: 365311" data-attributes="member: 20116"><p>Great post. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p> </p><p>I think 4 teams can certainly become five and should. </p><p> </p><p>Looking at Mike Petri arriving at the Dragons is a case in point. He is the number 2 USA scrumhalf and the club bought him cheaply. The same is true of most imports in Wales. Which is really the key to making it work. Teams cannot just go off selecting and signing the best local talent. For all of the great outside backs at Ospreys they still have Tommy Bowe. But with Bowe this means there is never going to be a place for all the Welsh test players. Like you said in regards to Prydie. So, there seems to not be a place for everyone. Brew from the Dragons is a good winger and the team would be better with Prydie there too. Ospreys have Bowe, Williams, Prydie and Nikki Walker and more player for wings! - an oversupply. Sounds like Toulon only on less pay. Clearly one or two are not needed. </p><p> </p><p>Most importantly, looking at a map of Wales tells an intereting story. We have touched on North Wales but really there is more it it than just Wrexham habing a team. All four of the existing teams are on the Southern coast and are not exactly far aart. The Celtic Warriors were also before joining the Ospreys. The population is of course based in this region with three bing the largest Welsh cities - Cardiff, Swansea and Newport. Pretty hard to argue against them having sides. This, however, continues the status quo of four on the south coast and one elsewhere. I thought Wrexham was larger than Llanelli but like you say it is not. It is still, nonetheless, the largest city in the north and is of a similar size. Only a few thousand in it. </p><p> </p><p>So, perhaps getting a team in the north is the way to go. Players can be from Wales as well as abroad. There are so many cheap players on the market liek Mike Petri. This years Rugby World Cup will again feature great players who are amateurs. Some amateur players from Canada, Tonga and Romania will certainly be more than capable of playing for a team like the Dragons. Just look at Canadian international DTH van der Merwe who is the best try scorer for Glasgow this season.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Melhor Time, post: 365311, member: 20116"] Great post. :) I think 4 teams can certainly become five and should. Looking at Mike Petri arriving at the Dragons is a case in point. He is the number 2 USA scrumhalf and the club bought him cheaply. The same is true of most imports in Wales. Which is really the key to making it work. Teams cannot just go off selecting and signing the best local talent. For all of the great outside backs at Ospreys they still have Tommy Bowe. But with Bowe this means there is never going to be a place for all the Welsh test players. Like you said in regards to Prydie. So, there seems to not be a place for everyone. Brew from the Dragons is a good winger and the team would be better with Prydie there too. Ospreys have Bowe, Williams, Prydie and Nikki Walker and more player for wings! - an oversupply. Sounds like Toulon only on less pay. Clearly one or two are not needed. Most importantly, looking at a map of Wales tells an intereting story. We have touched on North Wales but really there is more it it than just Wrexham habing a team. All four of the existing teams are on the Southern coast and are not exactly far aart. The Celtic Warriors were also before joining the Ospreys. The population is of course based in this region with three bing the largest Welsh cities - Cardiff, Swansea and Newport. Pretty hard to argue against them having sides. This, however, continues the status quo of four on the south coast and one elsewhere. I thought Wrexham was larger than Llanelli but like you say it is not. It is still, nonetheless, the largest city in the north and is of a similar size. Only a few thousand in it. So, perhaps getting a team in the north is the way to go. Players can be from Wales as well as abroad. There are so many cheap players on the market liek Mike Petri. This years Rugby World Cup will again feature great players who are amateurs. Some amateur players from Canada, Tonga and Romania will certainly be more than capable of playing for a team like the Dragons. Just look at Canadian international DTH van der Merwe who is the best try scorer for Glasgow this season. [/QUOTE]
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