| Cardiff Rugby on 20:50 - Oct 24 with 1932 views | EagleEye |
| Cardiff Rugby on 15:35 - Oct 24 by Gwyn737 |
I'd love to see that happen.
The region that have provided the most Welsh internationals and Welsh Lions being the one to go is nuts. |
Feels like the WRU are rewarding failure & losers (Cardiff & Newport). The people running the WRU (based in Cardiff, not even Welsh) do not understand rugby in Wales. |  | |  |
| Cardiff Rugby on 22:38 - Oct 24 with 1874 views | johnlangy |
| Cardiff Rugby on 20:50 - Oct 24 by EagleEye |
Feels like the WRU are rewarding failure & losers (Cardiff & Newport). The people running the WRU (based in Cardiff, not even Welsh) do not understand rugby in Wales. |
I don't think i've ever seen a Cardiff rugby supporter come on this forum and admit that the WRU favour Cardiff simply because they are Cardiff.
It's nothing to do with if they've ever won anything. Nothing to do with the fact that the Ospreys have been the most successful team. It has to be Cardiff simply because they are Cardiff. That's it.
It's the same with the Senedd. If investment has to happen it has to be in Cardiff simply because it's Cardiff.
When Labour are kicked out of power next May this will hopefully change. I urge every Plaid voter to contact anyone they know in the party and put and keep the pressure on to ensure things change when Plaid are in power. |  | | |
| Cardiff Rugby on 22:54 - Oct 24 with 1858 views | Landore_Jack |
Cardiff will remain untouched like they did in 2003. Nothing will ever change in Wales. |  |
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| Cardiff Rugby on 23:04 - Oct 24 with 1854 views | owainglyndwr |
I honestly think people will boycott the WRU ,
Rugby is already onto a downward spiral |  | | |
| Cardiff Rugby on 01:59 - Oct 25 with 1800 views | Robbie |
Llanelli Scarlets , albiet not a Turk myself would be sad to see their demotion and loss of the name , know a few supporters down that way who can only see one colour to them .
Newport Gwent Dragons and Cardiff Blues , happy days for us now , no issues there .
Us minnions out in the sticks , who cares so lets get the money back up the M4 . | | | |
| Cardiff Rugby on 08:06 - Oct 25 with 1759 views | Dr_Winston |
The Ospreys have obviously been the most "at risk" since this whole situation started. Cardiff and Newport signed the WRU deal so they're relatively safe (plus, yes, there's no way they'lll do anything without a team in Cardiff).
It's just then between the two Western Clubs, and Llanelli have both bigger attendances and a ground they can call their own. What The Ospreys have done in the past is completely irrelevant when the plan is about what to do going forward.
It's all rather irrelevant anyway because barring a significant shift in interest by sporting youth, or a complete cratering in performance of the club football teams, Rugby in Wales has about 10-15 years to go before it hits the same level as Rugby in Italy, and the National Team along with it. |  |
| Pain or damage don't end the world. Or despair, or f*cking beatings. The world ends when you're dead. Until then, you got more punishment in store. Stand it like a man... and give some back. |
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| Cardiff Rugby on 08:20 - Oct 25 with 1749 views | Togg |
| Cardiff Rugby on 08:06 - Oct 25 by Dr_Winston |
The Ospreys have obviously been the most "at risk" since this whole situation started. Cardiff and Newport signed the WRU deal so they're relatively safe (plus, yes, there's no way they'lll do anything without a team in Cardiff).
It's just then between the two Western Clubs, and Llanelli have both bigger attendances and a ground they can call their own. What The Ospreys have done in the past is completely irrelevant when the plan is about what to do going forward.
It's all rather irrelevant anyway because barring a significant shift in interest by sporting youth, or a complete cratering in performance of the club football teams, Rugby in Wales has about 10-15 years to go before it hits the same level as Rugby in Italy, and the National Team along with it. |
As a past big All Whites fan I'm getting to the stage where I really don't give a flying v to Welsh Rugby...Get rid of the Ospreys and I really won't give a damn about the National team either. Wales second city the second post populated with no first class side. Might as well dress it up and enter Cardiff into the Six Nations and World Cup. | | | |
| Cardiff Rugby on 09:09 - Oct 25 with 1722 views | raynor94 |
No Glamorgan cricket soon no Swansea rugby how on earth can the WRU think this is a good idea i just wish the Ospreys could join the English Premiership |  |
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| Cardiff Rugby on 10:29 - Oct 25 with 1662 views | Joesus_Of_Narbereth |
The region failure should be knocked on the head completely and fans should go back to supporting the traditional clubs. Saw Neath getting over 5000 at the Gnoll for a match against Bonymaen last year so the appetite is still there. |  |
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| Cardiff Rugby on 10:34 - Oct 25 with 1657 views | Togg |
How they can even contemplate keeping the Dragons? Shows failure can succeed. | | | |
| Cardiff Rugby on 10:53 - Oct 25 with 1626 views | Landore_Jack |
| Cardiff Rugby on 09:09 - Oct 25 by raynor94 |
No Glamorgan cricket soon no Swansea rugby how on earth can the WRU think this is a good idea i just wish the Ospreys could join the English Premiership |
It's a pitty the clubs are not fully self funded. It's okay to say "join the English league" but where is the money coming from? It won't be from the WRU. | |
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| Cardiff Rugby on 11:02 - Oct 25 with 1601 views | union_jack |
| Cardiff Rugby on 10:53 - Oct 25 by Landore_Jack |
It's a pitty the clubs are not fully self funded. It's okay to say "join the English league" but where is the money coming from? It won't be from the WRU. |
If they were to join the Premiership I believe there would be investors aplenty. |  |
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| Cardiff Rugby on 12:51 - Oct 25 with 1536 views | Whiterockin |
| Cardiff Rugby on 11:02 - Oct 25 by union_jack |
If they were to join the Premiership I believe there would be investors aplenty. |
But they would then have to play in a 20,000 seater stadium. |  | | |
| Cardiff Rugby on 14:39 - Oct 25 with 1478 views | majorraglan |
| Cardiff Rugby on 17:17 - Oct 24 by Gwyn737 |
Taking the mick
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It’s unreal. I nearly choked when I read “ We now look forward to exploring the wider detail and working collaboratively to help shape the future of professional rugby in Wales as we approach our 150th anniversary season.”
Cardiff Rugby is a new entity that’s been around for 20 odd years, Cardiff RFC are the club who’ve been around almost a century and a half. When the WRU set up the Super Club Rugby competition a couple of years ago, 10 teams applied, 9 were successful including 3 from the Ospreys region Aberavon, Bridgend and Swansea. Neath applied but were rejected.
Cardiff RFC (along with Pontypridd and Merthyr the latter being 2 of the most successful clubs in the last 7 or 8 seasons) decided they weren’t going to apply and the 3 teams held out against the competition. After Neath were bombed out, the league was 1 team short so the WRU reopened the application process, this time Neath and Cardiff applied - guess who got the place? Yes Cardiff, whole thing IMHO stinks.
If the West goes down to 1 team, in terms of the facilities the team should be based at PYS because it will be a better ground than ST Helens which will be half its size, BUT in terms of financial muscle, businesses, Swansea and Neath and Port Talbot which would be more closely aligned are much bigger than Llanelli. The current Scarlets region is supposed to draw on West Wales, but even then I don’t think they’d have the financial muscle.
Kicking the can down the road doesn’t help anyone, let’s be honest if you were the Ospreys or one of their benefactors would you redevelop St Helens now knowing the Os could be dead and buried in a year or 2.
Can the clubs call a motion of no confidence in the WRU officials? | | | |
| Cardiff Rugby on 01:08 - Oct 26 with 1388 views | max936 |
| Cardiff Rugby on 23:04 - Oct 24 by owainglyndwr |
I honestly think people will boycott the WRU ,
Rugby is already onto a downward spiral |
J, if they drop the Ospreys which is likely that's the end of Welsh Rugby, that all started with the birth of the Senedd being totally blind to anything outside of Cardiff and the WRU are following the same pact drill,
I saw earlier that despite to absolute state of the public roads in Wales, that they have tarmacked Drakeford's lane and done a puker job at it as well., the useless article doesn't even drive ffs. |  |
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| Cardiff Rugby on 09:04 - Nov 18 with 871 views | Whiterockin |
Even the @rse licking Dragons are not happy with the WRU proposals. The WRU seem hell bent on comercial and development suicide.
Dragons owners walk out of meeting with WRU after 10 minutes as relations at breaking point | Wales Online https://share.google/8vO9XEDFz | | | |
| Cardiff Rugby on 20:57 - Jan 19 with 395 views | Landore_Jack |
WRU hold talks with Ospreys owners to buy Cardiff
The Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) will enter into a "period of exclusivity" with Ospreys owners Y11 Sport & Media to discuss the prospect of them buying rivals Cardiff.
The WRU held a board meeting on Monday where BBC Sport Wales understands the executive presented the option of Y11 as their preferred bidder for Cardiff.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/ru | |
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| Cardiff Rugby on 21:06 - Jan 19 with 372 views | Whiterockin |
| Cardiff Rugby on 20:57 - Jan 19 by Landore_Jack |
WRU hold talks with Ospreys owners to buy Cardiff
The Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) will enter into a "period of exclusivity" with Ospreys owners Y11 Sport & Media to discuss the prospect of them buying rivals Cardiff.
The WRU held a board meeting on Monday where BBC Sport Wales understands the executive presented the option of Y11 as their preferred bidder for Cardiff.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/ru |
The URC have agreed for the Welsh regions to drop down to three, with Richmond or London Irish taken up the spare place. | | | |
| Cardiff Rugby on 21:09 - Jan 19 with 367 views | Dr_Winston |
Like I said, Ospreys were always the most likely to go. | |
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| Cardiff Rugby on 21:16 - Jan 19 with 354 views | Whiterockin |
| Cardiff Rugby on 21:09 - Jan 19 by Dr_Winston |
Like I said, Ospreys were always the most likely to go. |
The writing was on the wall the day they left the stadium, the truth behind that would be interesting. I don't accept it was unmanageable, other clubs share with no issues Bristol rugby and Bristol City for example. | | | |
| Cardiff Rugby on 21:36 - Jan 19 with 335 views | Dr_Winston |
| Cardiff Rugby on 21:16 - Jan 19 by Whiterockin |
The writing was on the wall the day they left the stadium, the truth behind that would be interesting. I don't accept it was unmanageable, other clubs share with no issues Bristol rugby and Bristol City for example. |
It is curious timing.
For all their success on the pitch though the city has never really embraced the Ospreys. You could drive past the stadium on almost any match day and you'd barely notice that there was a game on, so even if they were still there they'd have been a candidate for the chop.
Llanelli pull in the biggest crowds and have a stadium. Cardiff is never going to be without a team. I believe that Rodney Parade is also WRU owned so they're going to want a team there).
Ospreys were disposable. | |
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| Cardiff Rugby on 21:50 - Jan 19 with 318 views | Whiterockin |
| Cardiff Rugby on 21:36 - Jan 19 by Dr_Winston |
It is curious timing.
For all their success on the pitch though the city has never really embraced the Ospreys. You could drive past the stadium on almost any match day and you'd barely notice that there was a game on, so even if they were still there they'd have been a candidate for the chop.
Llanelli pull in the biggest crowds and have a stadium. Cardiff is never going to be without a team. I believe that Rodney Parade is also WRU owned so they're going to want a team there).
Ospreys were disposable. |
If they were still there they would have a shot at the English Premiership due to the ground capacity. It's the reason Richmond and London Irish can't get in the Premiership and are looking to join the URC.
It's not over yet, the WRU have been called to parliament on Wednesday to answer questions and explain the situation. Meanwhile the Cardiff based Senedd stay silent. [Post edited 19 Jan 21:56]
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| Cardiff Rugby on 08:12 - Jan 20 with 168 views | majorraglan |
| Cardiff Rugby on 21:50 - Jan 19 by Whiterockin |
If they were still there they would have a shot at the English Premiership due to the ground capacity. It's the reason Richmond and London Irish can't get in the Premiership and are looking to join the URC.
It's not over yet, the WRU have been called to parliament on Wednesday to answer questions and explain the situation. Meanwhile the Cardiff based Senedd stay silent. [Post edited 19 Jan 21:56]
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If the Ospreys fancied a crack at the Premiership I’m sure the Swans would allow them to continue the ground share arrangements, but I think the Ospreys owners are being offered a deal they can’t refuse to acquire Cardiff, thereby removing the threat of Y11 suing the WRU.
It’s done and dusted, the WRU have been called to Westminster, but what is that going to achieve? It’s a PR exercise. The WRU will answer a few questions, say they’ve got no money and that’s about it. Are Westminster going to give them more money - don’t think so. It’ll be the same with the Senedd, can we expect them to commit money to the rugby in a direct funding package to the WRU or Ospreys - not likely. | | | |
| Cardiff Rugby on 09:39 - Jan 20 with 139 views | Whiterockin |
| Cardiff Rugby on 08:12 - Jan 20 by majorraglan |
If the Ospreys fancied a crack at the Premiership I’m sure the Swans would allow them to continue the ground share arrangements, but I think the Ospreys owners are being offered a deal they can’t refuse to acquire Cardiff, thereby removing the threat of Y11 suing the WRU.
It’s done and dusted, the WRU have been called to Westminster, but what is that going to achieve? It’s a PR exercise. The WRU will answer a few questions, say they’ve got no money and that’s about it. Are Westminster going to give them more money - don’t think so. It’ll be the same with the Senedd, can we expect them to commit money to the rugby in a direct funding package to the WRU or Ospreys - not likely. |
With the Ospreys still owing a £5M covid loan to the Senedd and paying 8% interest whilst the English clubs pay 2% to Westminster, I would imagine both governments have an interest. | | | |
| Cardiff Rugby on 09:41 - Jan 20 with 137 views | JACKMANANDBOY |
| Cardiff Rugby on 20:57 - Jan 19 by Landore_Jack |
WRU hold talks with Ospreys owners to buy Cardiff
The Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) will enter into a "period of exclusivity" with Ospreys owners Y11 Sport & Media to discuss the prospect of them buying rivals Cardiff.
The WRU held a board meeting on Monday where BBC Sport Wales understands the executive presented the option of Y11 as their preferred bidder for Cardiff.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/ru |
Cardiff and Ospreys to have the same owner?!? |  |
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