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The Welsh Rugby Union is thinking about replacing the pitch at the Millennium Stadium with an artificial surface.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-union/20747799
The Welsh Rugby Union is thinking about replacing the pitch at the Millennium Stadium with an artificial surface.
Cant really put into coherent words how bad an idea that is. Just NO!
Cant really put into coherent words how bad an idea that is. Just NO!
I don't really see what's so wrong with it. The Millennium Stadium turf has been awful standard for a long time now, if this solves that problem then that's a good thing.
On another note, the Liberty Stadium has arguably one of best turfs in the rugby imo, it has football and rugby played on it regularly and always looks in good condition and rarely cuts up drastically under scrums. Perhaps the MS can take some advice from their groundsman?
Groundsman is not the problem. More to do with the palleting of the turf in and the air circulation in the MS. Palleting does not allow the soil to really bed in which is part of the problem.
Rugby is played on grass, end of.
Want to play artificial pitches? P**s off and play gridiron or hockey
Tradition isn't exactly the most compelling argument.Rugby is played on grass, end of.
Want to play artificial pitches? P**s off and play gridiron or hockey
Tennis, hockey, basketball, gridiron and pretty much every sport could have used that same argument before using... you know, other types of surfaces...Rugby is played on grass, end of.
Want to play artificial pitches? P**s off and play gridiron or hockey
Marc Jones <s style="text-decoration: initial; color: rgb(187, 187, 187);">@</s>Marc_jones2
WRU considering artificial pitch at the millennium stadium. Goodbye knee ligaments.
Don't like artificial pitches myself. Sale train on one at the SCR stadium, and they don't seem to like 'em either.
Also heard a lot of bad things out of Super League about them, as Widnes (I think it is?) have one, and several sides have had to use them when turf is frozen.