Rugby Thread

[IanM]

I rang up for tickets for the international this weekend and they asked me how long I've lived in Wales and what size boots I take.

 

[Voyager EMH]

You should stop comparing yourself to counties with no sporting pedigree, have a look at tiny Nottinghamshire or Yorkshire or even New Zealand then get back to me.

I will compare the population of Wales with whatever other region of the UK I should care to. My point being to merely emphasise what a small population Wales is.

I do like your point about Yorkshire. I believe there was an Olympics in recent history where Yorkshire won more gold medals than the rest of England. Or something like that.

And Scotland's tally of Olympic medals are often way out of proportion with England relative to population.

 

[Neilds]

I will compare the population of Wales with whatever other region of the UK I should care to. My point being to merely emphasise what a small population Wales is.

I do like your point about Yorkshire. I believe there was an Olympics in recent history where Yorkshire won more gold medals than the rest of England. Or something like that.

And Scotland's tally of Olympic medals are often way out of proportion with England relative to population.

This is factually incorrect - if a person from Scotland wins an Olympic medal, then they are British. They only become Scottish when they lose.

 

[IanM]

This is factually incorrect - if a person from Scotland wins an Olympic medal, then they are British. They only become Scottish when they lose.

Rubbish them curling lot!

 

[Arthur Wedge]

Not really, premiership is skint as well and wage bills are being cut. France is the only one with the cash as one of their big broadcasters ditched football and invested that spend into rugby. The JIF regulations stop the widespread recruitment of foreign players. The issue in Wakes is poor management and the regions not retaining the prior traditional fan bases. No surprise there. Lack of investment in development is another concern but not so much money and wages. Ireland do very well with similar available revenue streams

Premiership still has more money than the Welsh Clubs even if they are struggling

Regionals was also not a very clever move

 

[Fade and Die]

Well as a son of Somerset I’m going to take quite a bit of offence to this as it’s plainly ridiculous to suggest the West Country has no sporting pedigree.

Literally Bath are the current Prem rugby champions while Somerset are the dominant T20 cricket team in the country for several years now and the current champions. Lando Norris (from Glastonbury) is the current F1 champion.

Where are you from and how is that comparing right now .

At his peak, Botham was England’s greatest ever cricketer. From Somerset. Trescothick was world no.1 batsman too. The West Country has a fairly endless list of top rugby union players as a real stronghold of the sport. Bath/Bristol/Exeter/Glos look a whole lot stronger than the Welsh regions right now.

That’s just one county mentioned (population barely 1M) and off the top of my head. 2 minutes with Google and there would be a far longer list.

I’m from East London the land that spawned Bobby Moore, Martin Peters and Alf Ramsey so you are all just playing catch up really

 

[IanM]

WRU and WG do not prioritise winning and winners.

That's according to a former rugby international and two former rtour pros. Make of that what you will

 

[Voyager EMH]

I rang up for tickets for the international this weekend and they asked me how long I've lived in Wales and what size boots I take.

I rang and asked, "What time is the kick-off?"
They replied, "What time can you get here?"

 

[Lord Tyrion]

15k tickets available for Sunday's game . No gag, ouch.