Welsh Rugby v Welsh Football

[Neath_Jack]

Football will always be the main sport for me, but love watching and following the rugby too.

Lots of rumours the regions are going back to four clubs shortly soon, Cardiff, Llanelli, Swansea and Newport. I'm from Gwent so follow the dragons but the day I go down Rodney Parade supporting a Newport rugby team is the day hell freezes over. It will be a Swans/Swans double for me if that happens.

I will start going back to the home of Welsh rugby if this happens. Some fantastic days out following the Blacks back in the late 80's, early 90's. Swans home one week, Neath home the following week, great stuff.

 

[Niigata Jack]

Football will always be the main sport for me, but love watching and following the rugby too.

Lots of rumours the regions are going back to four clubs shortly soon, Cardiff, Llanelli, Swansea and Newport. I'm from Gwent so follow the dragons but the day I go down Rodney Parade supporting a Newport rugby team is the day hell freezes over. It will be a Swans/Swans double for me if that happens.

I will start going back to the home of Welsh rugby if this happens. Some fantastic days out following the Blacks back in the late 80's, early 90's. Swans home one week, Neath home the following week, great stuff.

Neath won't be involved by looks of it, they've been trying to get rid of the Ospreys to get rid of the Neath element and this is the way they're gonna do it.

 

[Niigata Jack]

Good read this.
Stupid egg chasing tw*ts.

https://cardiffbluesblog.com/2022/03/26/out-of-touch-and-out-of-pocket-how-the-wru-has-been-surpassed-by-the-faw/

"Stupid egg chasing tw*ts" typical comment from you, bout time you grew up before telling others to do so, :x

 

[Niigata Jack]

Football will always be the main sport for me, but love watching and following the rugby too.

Lots of rumours the regions are going back to four clubs shortly soon, Cardiff, Llanelli, Swansea and Newport. I'm from Gwent so follow the dragons but the day I go down Rodney Parade supporting a Newport rugby team is the day hell freezes over. It will be a Swans/Swans double for me if that happens.

I wouldn't pick one or the other myself, I watched all Wales's 6 nations games though, probably missed a Swans game amongst those game's but such is life.

 

[Donnybackspin]

I used to have season tickets for both the Ospreys and the Swans, gave up the Ospreys because it was so boring. Also went to a six nations game last year and thought the atmosphere was terrible and felt it was completely over priced.

 

[scorcher]

As someone who follows welsh football and rugby ,a season ticket holder for the swans ,ospreys and swansea rfc,(The fixtures rarely clash).
I wish to comment ,that if one of the regions would defunct ,and three remain because then the funding would increase for the remaining three from the WRU.Which would not be Cardiff or Scarlets,it would either be Ospreys or Dragons ,which nearly happened three years ago when they tried to
get rid of the Ospreys.I personally do not think the Ospreys would revert to being called Swansea .A lot of their support is from outside Swansea now.Its worth pointing out the reason they are called the ospreys,its from the Swansea rugby team badge,and the black kit of course from Neath.
And they wouldn,t be called The All Whites either as they play at St Helens.The Ospreys are not poor this season form is patchy ,a bit like the Swans really.

 

[MajorR]

Hope so , bring back the all whites

Shocking though as Neath were also a great club, as Pontypool/Ebbw Vale were in Gwent, and Pontypridd in what is now under the Cardiff umbrella.

Sad times. But yeah. I'll be supporting the all whites if it goes back to "super clubs".

Pretty sure Cardiff have already dropped the “Blues” and are now known as Cardiff Rugby. The “Cardiff Club” team who compete in the Welsh Premiership draw a lot of their players from the Cardiff Rugby Academy and I may well be wrong, but I think Cardiff Rugby have now nominated the “Cardiff Club” team as its academy development team.
I don’t know what happens in Gwent, but in “Ospreylia” the academy players are “farmed out” to Swansea, Bridgend and Aberavon - I don’t know if Neath get any these days as they’ve dropped a league. I think the Scarlets also farm out their players to the Llanelli side, Carmarthen Quinn’s and Llandovery.

If the WRU do reverse the concept of regional teams and go back to Llanelli, Swansea, Cardiff and Newport then in my opinion they should be prevented from having teams in the Principality Premiership. I enjoy rugby as much as football, but I’d never watch Llanelli, Cardiff, Newport or Swansea.

 

[MajorR]

Last weekend was a big weekend for Welsh Club rugby as it was semi finals day in all the plate, bowl and cup competitions not that you’d know. Publicity for these games from the WRU and main stream media in Wales (BBC Scrum V, Walesonline etc) was almost non existent.
Lots of local clubs were competing and some have got through to the finals at the Principality Stadium next month (congratulations to them by the way) - I dare say well hear a bit more about those games because the WRU will want people to turn up and buy their beer!

 

[EagleEye]

As someone who follows welsh football and rugby ,a season ticket holder for the swans ,ospreys and swansea rfc,(The fixtures rarely clash).
I wish to comment ,that if one of the regions would defunct ,and three remain because then the funding would increase for the remaining three from the WRU.Which would not be Cardiff or Scarlets,it would either be Ospreys or Dragons ,which nearly happened three years ago when they tried to
get rid of the Ospreys.I personally do not think the Ospreys would revert to being called Swansea .A lot of their support is from outside Swansea now.Its worth pointing out the reason they are called the ospreys,its from the Swansea rugby team badge,and the black kit of course from Neath.
And they wouldn,t be called The All Whites either as they play at St Helens.The Ospreys are not poor this season form is patchy ,a bit like the Swans really.

If any region were to to be made defunct then surely it would be the Dragons ? They have been whipping boys since the formation of regional rugby just as Newport were extremely poor before.

The failure to engage supporters outside of the core club areas has been telling for all regions.

Attempts to raise interest in north Wales via introduction of RGC into the premiership has hardly been a success story either.

It’s a dilemma that the WRU has been unable to resolve due to their failure to look further than international match day revenue in Cardiff

 

[Niigata Jack]

Shocking though as Neath were also a great club, as Pontypool/Ebbw Vale were in Gwent, and Pontypridd in what is now under the Cardiff umbrella.

Sad times. But yeah. I'll be supporting the all whites if it goes back to "super clubs".

Pretty sure Cardiff have already dropped the “Blues” and are now known as Cardiff Rugby. The “Cardiff Club” team who compete in the Welsh Premiership draw a lot of their players from the Cardiff Rugby Academy and I may well be wrong, but I think Cardiff Rugby have now nominated the “Cardiff Club” team as its academy development team.
I don’t know what happens in Gwent, but in “Ospreylia” the academy players are “farmed out” to Swansea, Bridgend and Aberavon - I don’t know if Neath get any these days as they’ve dropped a league. I think the Scarlets also farm out their players to the Llanelli side, Carmarthen Quinn’s and Llandovery.

If the WRU do reverse the concept of regional teams and go back to Llanelli, Swansea, Cardiff and Newport then in my opinion they should be prevented from having teams in the Principality Premiership. I enjoy rugby as much as football, but I’d never watch Llanelli, Cardiff, Newport or Swansea.

" I’d never watch Llanelli, Cardiff, Newport or Swansea." Snap.
I'm Swansea born and bread, but Neath has been my home for 40yrs and Neath and Ospreys have been my Teams.

 

[JBT95]

Also went to a six nations game last year and thought the atmosphere was terrible and felt it was completely over priced.

Yeah I bet the atmosphere was terrible with the attendance being 0 :lol:

 

[STID2017]

Shocking though as Neath were also a great club, as Pontypool/Ebbw Vale were in Gwent, and Pontypridd in what is now under the Cardiff umbrella.

Sad times. But yeah. I'll be supporting the all whites if it goes back to "super clubs".

Pretty sure Cardiff have already dropped the “Blues” and are now known as Cardiff Rugby. The “Cardiff Club” team who compete in the Welsh Premiership draw a lot of their players from the Cardiff Rugby Academy and I may well be wrong, but I think Cardiff Rugby have now nominated the “Cardiff Club” team as its academy development team.
I don’t know what happens in Gwent, but in “Ospreylia” the academy players are “farmed out” to Swansea, Bridgend and Aberavon - I don’t know if Neath get any these days as they’ve dropped a league. I think the Scarlets also farm out their players to the Llanelli side, Carmarthen Quinn’s and Llandovery.

If the WRU do reverse the concept of regional teams and go back to Llanelli, Swansea, Cardiff and Newport then in my opinion they should be prevented from having teams in the Principality Premiership. I enjoy rugby as much as football, but I’d never watch Llanelli, Cardiff, Newport or Swansea.

Genuine question as I don't follow rugby.
Aren't the team who play at St Helens called Swansea any more ?

 

[tim_healings]

Apologies for poking my nose in where it’s not wanted but anyone considered cricket in this ball battle. I love football, enjoy rugby but my top passion is cricket. Now then I can hear the sighs from here. Can I just explain that one of its main criticisms is precisely it’s beauty, it’s so long, takes forever, boring, takes days are amongst the numerous insults I’ve heard.

Take a step back for a moment and bloody think. Our favourite sports allow us to escape the drudgery and boredom of everyday life with our wonderful wives/husbands/partners/friends/kids etc. Even the shortest format of cricket match will see you away for at least 4 hours. Go to a test match you can be on the piss for 5 days.

Think on.

 

[dickythorpe]

Tim, the sight of how quickly warm beer took control of an adults body at St.Helen's when the cricket was on will live long in my memory.

To see 2 men who had been shouting "today's scorecard" from their deckchairs reduced to a slumbering mess whilst out cold with spilt pint jugs all around them was as artistic as life can get.

 

[Niigata Jack]

Tim, the sight of how quickly warm beer took control of an adults body at St.Helen's when the cricket was on will live long in my memory.

To see 2 men who had been shouting "today's scorecard" from their deckchairs reduced to a slumbering mess whilst out cold with spilt pint jugs all around them was as artistic as life can get.

Brilliant Dicky :lol: :lol: :lol: