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@WelshRugbyUnity

Calling for true regional rugby that includes the whole of Wales. Every club and fan equally. Fully integrated and aligned. We'd be so much stronger together.

Wales Katılım Şubat 2023
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Love Llanelli, Neath, Swansea, Cardiff & Newport, but EVERY PART OF WALES IS IMPORTANT. Every club and every fan. So, let's… stop the bickering - include everyone - work together - tap into every resource - and finally fulfil our potential.
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Time to bring back East Wales too? Huge sacrifices are needed to save Welsh rugby & this should not fall on West Wales alone. Especially as the 2 West teams took regionalism & inclusion far more seriously. They have also been more successful & haven't needed WRU financial rescue.
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@CraigosP1 @PontypriddRFC @neathrfc The SRC is all about strengthening the "regions". Pontypridd and Merthyr didn't apply because they are not included by any of the 4 "regions" - and did not want to give up some of their autonomy to become feeder clubs for Cardiff. Totally understandable. The system is broken.
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Craig osP1@CraigosP1·
I find it unbelievable that great clubs like @PontypriddRFC and @neathrfc were frozen out of the SRC. Big clubs with a legacy of developing great players. Can’t help but feel like the SRC was a social experiment. #NotMyUnion
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The first documentary I have ever produced is officially OUT! The Good Times is about the rivalry between @Cardiff_RFC and @PontypriddRFC but also explores the sadness of the pair no longer competing against each other. #WelshRugby

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@TheVietGwent Exactly. Having the wrong entities at "regional" level has led - not only to the collapse of the national side - but also to the club game being far less meaningful and appealing. Solving both problems requires a true regional tier (with 3 teams covering ALL OF WALES).
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GJPowell@TheVietGwent·
@WelshRugbyUnity 1. The branding misuse & dilution has been ridiculous & I am not referring to the recent pathway debacle involving Pontypridd & Merthyr. 2. Newport beat Cardiff = “it’s only our Rags”. 3. Newport lose to Cardiff = “you can’t even beat the Rags”. 4. SNAFU or FUBAR?
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GJPowell@TheVietGwent·
There was, of course, no good reason why all these historic 1st-class club rivalries couldn't have continued in a semi-pro domestic league & with the fanbases coming together to support inclusive provincial sides for the new post-Aug 1995 era of commercialised professional rugby.
Harry Tovey@ToveyHarry

The first documentary I have ever produced is officially OUT! The Good Times is about the rivalry between @Cardiff_RFC and @PontypriddRFC but also explores the sadness of the pair no longer competing against each other. #WelshRugby

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@thepaulwilliams @StevenDickens3 @RugbyPass But - as you noted - there were "laudable reasons to have changed the law in the first place". Simply returning to the old version is probably not the answer here. There are other options that could be explored first.
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@ThomaDave There's no official or universally agreed definition of "West Wales". Different definitions are used by different people for all sorts of purposes. In Welsh rugby - South Wales has often been split into East & West. Swansea, NPT & Bridgend have always been assigned to West.
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David Thomas@ThomaDave·
@WelshRugbyUnity Swansea, Neath and Aberavon have never really been in West Wales, certainly not Bridgend. Historically they were all in the central Wales county of Glamorgan, the same Geographic area as Cardiff and Pontypridd.
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Totally get how hard this is for Scarlets & Ospreys - but the fantastic clubs & communities of what Welsh rugby has often designated "West Wales" have come together before & they can do it again. Merging both pathways into 1 new regional team would be far better than a culling.
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@Bob71136804 @LWaunfawr Ospreys? The Swansea RFC and Neath RFC merger became the most successful Welsh side of the "regional" era. Cardiff RFC - born in 1876 after Glamorgan FC and Wanderers FC merged. Read up about Bordeaux Bègles too. Merger in 2006. Average home attendance of 23,689 for 2014/2015.
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@BenAronov @BBCScrumV Yeah, one big West Wales region would be a force to be reckoned with! Cardiff & Dragons need to put their heads together too - and fast. One big East Wales team is also needed (and financially inevitable). Looks like West will get a head start though... x.com/WelshRugbyUnit…
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Totally get how hard this is for Scarlets & Ospreys - but the fantastic clubs & communities of what Welsh rugby has often designated "West Wales" have come together before & they can do it again. Merging both pathways into 1 new regional team would be far better than a culling.

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Ben Aronov@BenAronov·
@BBCScrumV The can has been kicked down the road for so long, it's time to finally put one region in the West, fund it adequately and start playing competitive rugby once again.
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BBC ScrumV@BBCScrumV·
Scarlets interim director of rugby Nigel Davies says major concerns remain about the future of professional rugby in west Wales🏉 #BBCRugby
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@WalesRugby Great piece @benjames1796. Mentions 13 out of 19 Unofficial Championship clubs. London Welsh omission is understandable, but feel a bit sorry for Newbridge (and Abertillery, Cross Keys, Glam Wands & Tredegar)!!! Dunvant, Treorchy & Caerphilly also in the top tier before 2003. 👍
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@TSovereigner @FabioPerini123 (1/4) There's a limit to how much money the WRU can generate - and to how much of that total pot they can give to our pro teams (without underfunding the other crucial parts of the Welsh rugby ecosystem).
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@tweetsfromben What about the Ospreys? The merger between Swansea RFC and Neath RFC went on to become the most successful Welsh side of the "regional" era. And what about Cardiff RFC? Born in 1876 after Glamorgan FC and Wanderers FC merged.
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Ben Isaacs@tweetsfromben·
A merger between the Ospreys and Scarlets would be a disaster. Every merger between local rivals in Welsh rugby has ended in failure
Craig osP1@CraigosP1

@Richard99366022 @CapS45 Apparently not. It looks like it was about the WRU pushing their PowerPoint presentation down the necks of the clubs. 😂death by PowerPoint! 💀 I look forward to seeing how the conversation goes between Ospreys and Scarlets unfolds. Fancy a merger? Umm. 🤔

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@TSovereigner @FabioPerini123 It worked well in the amateur era, but everything changed when rugby union went pro in 1995. Wales doesn't have the money or the players for 4 pro teams, let alone 10 or 12! The smaller local clubs are ideal for semi-pro level - and should underpin 3 massive regional sides.
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Fabio Perini@FabioPerini123·
Personally, if the reality is that Welsh rugby can only support three teams, and there are no other options… Then maybe the only workable structure is: East West North Just my opinion before people have a meltdown.
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@Oweninsouts Spot on Owen. Since 2003, a huge amount of damage has been done to the soul of Welsh rugby. It's time to admit the mistakes and reset. "A future we can all believe in" means including ALL of Wales. @TorstenBell is at least correct about needing "new ways of working" 👍
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Owen Robins@Oweninsouts·
Tonite is about soul of Welsh rugby - The answer is not protecting the 4 existing "regions" because Ospreys is saved. That keeps destruction of Welsh rugby soul going. We need 4 integrated and UNIFIED regions. WRU West Wales WRU East Wales WRU South Wales WRU North - Develop
Torsten Bell@TorstenBell

(5/5) Tonight isn’t about technical governance issues, it’s about safeguarding the soul of Welsh rugby. A future we can all believe in means a new plan for the future of the game in Wales and new ways of working between WRU and the clubs and communities it exists to serve.

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@TSovereigner @FabioPerini123 (4/4) There are also legitimate questions about whether a small country of just 3.1 million will be able to produce enough top quality elite players to fill 4 squads with the necessary strength in depth.
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@TSovereigner @FabioPerini123 (3/4) Having uncompetitive pro teams erodes confidence and doesn't prepare players adequately for international level. The failure of this pseudo-regional system has caused the collapse of the national side.
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@Oweninsouts He quite rightly says Wales can't copy every bit of the Irish system. BUT - we can (and should) copy the main feature - larger regional teams between all the old small settlement clubs and the national side. He was right in 2017 about needing an East & West Wales approach...
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@maybethiseason @Oweninsouts @AllThingsRugbyX It's not a true market transaction. The amount given is much more than fair "payment for services". It's mostly just funding. Why doesn't the amount go down as more players go into exile? Why do all 4 receive such similar amounts - even when providing vastly different "services"?
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All Things Rugby@AllThingsRugbyX·
Dragons or Newport? Stade Français listing their fixture as “Paris v Newport” has sparked debate, with the French sticking to traditional names for Welsh regions. Cardiff, Llanelli… and now Newport, old-school rugby names still holding strong 🇫🇷 Do you prefer the traditional names or the modern ones? #FranceRugby #StadeFrancais #AllThingsRugby
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