Dragons cover the East, own their own ground, got very good backers. Not that it needs any logic with the WRU mind.
If folk look beyond the fact that they have won less then ten games in three years then it sort of makes sense.
No real logic. Cardiff should actually go, as they are bust, being baled out by the WRU so it’s zero cost, but that’s never going to happen. Dragons are a pile of shite, even most Newport folk hate them, as they want them called Newport.
It doesn’t make any more sense than the West really. Newport 10 miles from Cardiff, Llanelli 10 miles from Swansea. Cardiff and Swansea the biggest population centres…not that it matters as Welsh Rugby is dying and ‘regions’ are already just about stone dead. There’s no audience. The WRU again turned down any chance of joining the English leagues. The real death knell was when the WRU turned down entry into English for Swansea, Cardiff and two others in the 90s. The arseholes insisted on 9 ffs and were told to naff off, and did.
Agree re Cardiff, it will never happen. The argument for protecting the Dragons will also be that their performance should improve when they get a bigger share of the pie. Merging Scarlets and Ospreys, oof!
Let’s see what happens, it’s just my opinion.
Self harm has always been a characteristic of Welsh rugby governance.
Downturn Abi has already turned that option down for 3 Welsh Regions, insisting we keep 4. Now she wants 3. She hasn’t a clue what she is doing, totally out of her civil servant depth, as is the bumbling accountant chairman. Welsh rugby is now an embarrassment.
