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CONFIRMED: URC team to be axed

NEWS: The Welsh Rugby Union has confirmed its roadmap for change in the men’s professional game in Wales.

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[How bad boy]

CONFIRMED: URC team to be axed

NEWS: The Welsh Rugby Union has confirmed its roadmap for change in the men’s professional game in Wales.

rugby365.com

Jesus, the fact that the dragons are the ones guaranteed to be retained

 

[outdagap]

Jesus, the fact that the dragons are the ones guaranteed to be retained

Yep, madness but they were one of the first to go all in with the WRU, so they're being protected.

 

[How bad boy]

It demonstrates just how great a job the IRFU have done.

You can drive from Llanelli to Newport in 1h20, they have a deep history of rugby, their only true competing sport is a Welsh football team that can't even qualify for the world cup and they have over 2 million people in south Wales. Munster is logistically harder than the entirety of south Wales.

If you asked me in the mid 90s whether Welsh or Irish rugby would be in a better state in 30 years time as a result of professionalism, there'd be zero doubt.

Fundamentally, the IRFU picked the right ownership and governance structure, WRU didn't.

 

[MerchantOfEnnis]

Jesus lads how bad are New Zealand?

You wouldn't see these handling errors from Munster ffs.

 

[MerchantOfEnnis]

Australia beat the Boks, how the heck did that happen?

Also, what are the Boks doing playing test matches on the first weekend of the URC? Kolisi for example was in Galway last night with the Stormers

Also LOL @ Piardi having to use a mobile phone to call the TMO