Author:
Neil Evans
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Date Posted: 03:17:13 05/29/02 Wed
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>This is my idea for the future of Welsh Rugby.
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>1) A 12 team Welsh premier division with no promotion
>or relegation ( to include the current nine in the
>premiership, plus Pontypool, Aberavon, and Newbridge).
>2) None of the teams in the premiership would receive
>money from the WRU.
>3) Top 200 players in Wales (if we can find that many)
>contracted to the WRU, which also mean being paid by
>the WRU aswell and not by their clubs.
>4) Those top 200 players will be spread out by the WRU
>evenly between the 12 clubs, thus like the old days
>helping to raise the general standard of the game in
>wales
>5) Only two foreign players per team, thus preventing
>talented welsh youngsters from staying on the bench.
>6) Four welsh provinical teams to compete in europe, 3
>in the the cup, and one in the shield, again with only
>two foreign players in each province.
>7) Thus welsh players would only get paid for
>provincial appearences and international appearences.
>
>The result of these dramatic changes would still keep
>the idea of club rugby in wales: which would be vital,
>it would also allow our best players to playing
>together on a regular basis, thus aiding our national
>side, and finally, and most important of all, it would
>get rid of the idea of having big financial backers in
>the welsh club game, as the clubs wouldn't need them,
>as the players wages would be paid by the WRU and not
>by them. The rest of the players in the premiership
>could be paid by their clubs, but to earn the realy
>big money players would have to gain a WRU contract -
>thus their is an incentive to play better.
>
>The super six would argue against this, but their way
>leads to disaster. They only have narrow self interst
>at heart. nice at it would have been for llanelli to
>win the cup, but in the grand scheme of things it
>would not have helped welsh rugby. These super six
>are between 15 million in debt, and these are the
>people sir tasker wanted to help run the WRU. The
>super six are saying that welsh club rugby can only
>sustain 6 professional club. They are only saying
>that to earn more money, due to then waisting so much
>of it already.
Dont agree with Newbridge being included why should they be when they finished fourth this year. If you want a 12 team premiership then surely the team that finished third in the league beihnd Pontypool and Aberavon be included? Carmarthen Quins
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