| Two city rugby on 16:14 - Dec 11 with 1096 views | raynor94 |
Sadly the Death Knell is sounding for the Ospreys no first class rugby in a city the size of Swansea is shocking |  |
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| Two city rugby on 16:27 - Dec 11 with 1073 views | Whiterockin |
| Two city rugby on 16:14 - Dec 11 by raynor94 |
Sadly the Death Knell is sounding for the Ospreys no first class rugby in a city the size of Swansea is shocking |
I really hope that the Ospreys pull away from the WRU and align themselves with the English Rugby Premiership, even if they have to start down the pyramid. I believe that the people of Swansea would get right behind them. |  | | |
| Two city rugby on 18:40 - Dec 11 with 991 views | max936 |
| Two city rugby on 16:27 - Dec 11 by Whiterockin |
I really hope that the Ospreys pull away from the WRU and align themselves with the English Rugby Premiership, even if they have to start down the pyramid. I believe that the people of Swansea would get right behind them. |
Can the WRU stop it though?
Be a great move in my opinion and I'd go and support them, better standard of Rugby be great and I'd expect the Ospreys to be able to generate some excellent sponsorship. |  |
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| Two city rugby on 18:43 - Dec 11 with 990 views | max936 |
| Two city rugby on 15:05 - Dec 11 by Whiterockin |
Lake and Morgan are going to Gloucester apparently. |
Big loss they would be, if they were able to move to the England Leagues it might change their minds. | |
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| Two city rugby on 19:46 - Dec 11 with 949 views | Whiterockin |
| Two city rugby on 18:40 - Dec 11 by max936 |
Can the WRU stop it though?
Be a great move in my opinion and I'd go and support them, better standard of Rugby be great and I'd expect the Ospreys to be able to generate some excellent sponsorship. |
It would blow Welsh regional rugby out of the water. What could the WRU do, ban any players who play for them from playing for Wales, they would have to ban all Premiership players, it would never happen.
Just the threat would make the WRU back track. | | | |
| Two city rugby on 21:37 - Dec 11 with 900 views | max936 |
| Two city rugby on 19:46 - Dec 11 by Whiterockin |
It would blow Welsh regional rugby out of the water. What could the WRU do, ban any players who play for them from playing for Wales, they would have to ban all Premiership players, it would never happen.
Just the threat would make the WRU back track. |
If they can go for it they should, it all comes down as to whether they can fund the move and maintain that funding. | |
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| Two city rugby on 14:40 - Dec 12 with 741 views | Togg |
There's no two ways the writing has been on the wall for the Ospreys. The WRU have wanted to get rid of them for a while. Not signing the last agreement was their opportunity to step in . Obviously they are Cardiff centric but they do seem to love the guys from Llanelli to. Didn't they beat the All Blacks in the early 70's š
The question is will there be three completely new entities or will they be rehashed Cardiff Newport Llanelli? Ospreys supporters will not go to watch a parochial suburb with links to the past. They may even not go to a new entity.
The WRU will now leave the second most populated area without a first class team. No wonder we are so bad on the International stage. Could it get worse? Possibly. [Post edited 12 Dec 2025 14:41]
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| Two city rugby on 17:13 - Dec 12 with 707 views | Joesus_Of_Narbereth |
| Two city rugby on 16:14 - Dec 11 by raynor94 |
Sadly the Death Knell is sounding for the Ospreys no first class rugby in a city the size of Swansea is shocking |
Not just Swansea. Neath is and always has been the absolute quintessential rugby town. Aberavon, Bridgend, the history of the game in these places is second to none. |  |
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| Two city rugby on 17:37 - Dec 12 with 684 views | EagleEye |
| Two city rugby on 21:37 - Dec 11 by max936 |
If they can go for it they should, it all comes down as to whether they can fund the move and maintain that funding. |
I think many would agree with you & maybe they will apply to join the English league. The problem looming is that the Ospreys owners have apparently bid to takeover Cardiff |  | | |
| Two city rugby on 17:45 - Dec 12 with 678 views | max936 |
| Two city rugby on 17:13 - Dec 12 by Joesus_Of_Narbereth |
Not just Swansea. Neath is and always has been the absolute quintessential rugby town. Aberavon, Bridgend, the history of the game in these places is second to none. |
They ruined Pontypridd's rugby club, it's on the bones of its arse now.
There was a big meeting in Westgate St on Wednesday, but not heard any news from it, not yet anyway.
Those in the WRU hierarchy all jumped in their cars and returned back over the Bridge, they couldn't give a monkeys chuff about Welsh rugby the halfwits not got any skin in the game here.
Questions need to be asked as to why they had to hire non Welsh people to run the WRU they have no idea on how parochial Welsh rugby supporters are. [Post edited 15 Dec 2025 20:24]
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| Two city rugby on 17:14 - Dec 15 with 537 views | Whiterockin |
| Two city rugby on 17:10 - Dec 10 by Whiterockin |
It looks like Jac Morgan and Dewi Lake are moving to Gloucester at the end of the season. The beginning of the end for the Ospreys? |
Move for both confirmed. | | | |
| Two city rugby on 18:26 - Dec 15 with 517 views | onehunglow |
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Welsh rugby reads like an obituary | |
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| Two city rugby on 19:03 - Dec 15 with 497 views | Whiterockin |
| Two city rugby on 18:26 - Dec 15 by onehunglow |
Professional sportsmen looking to secure better jobs
Welsh rugby reads like an obituary |
I believe that will take it up to 7 Welsh Internationals playing for Gloucester. | | | |
| Two city rugby on 20:29 - Dec 15 with 474 views | max936 |
| Two city rugby on 19:03 - Dec 15 by Whiterockin |
I believe that will take it up to 7 Welsh Internationals playing for Gloucester. |
Handy for Wales though, they're just across the border and playing in a well structured competitive league, their standards will improve, much like Tomas Williams who is Gloucester's captain which just shows how much he's improved. | |
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| Two city rugby on 22:19 - Dec 15 with 444 views | majorraglan |
| Two city rugby on 20:29 - Dec 15 by max936 |
Handy for Wales though, they're just across the border and playing in a well structured competitive league, their standards will improve, much like Tomas Williams who is Gloucester's captain which just shows how much he's improved. |
Good for them on a personal level, but the game in Wales is going to be very much poorer for their departure.
I get the rationale behind the 25 cap rule, keeping the best players in Wales should strengthen the āregionsā make them more competing, get the crowds coming back through the turnstiles etc etc etc, but it hasnāt and the rugby is almost in a terminal decline.
I watch a lot of club rugby, but very little regional rugby. I may watch the Ospreys once in a blue moon, but thatās it. Once theyāve been wound up Iām done with the WRU and Regional rugby. | | | |
| Two city rugby on 07:25 - Dec 16 with 414 views | Dr_Winston |
Watching from the outside I never understood the restrictions on playing for Wales just because you were based in another country. Hardly any (if any) of the Argentinian football team plays in the Argentinian League, but they're currently the World Champions.
Just seems like a complete lack of awareness of what's important. Yes, you want the regions to produce players, but once they're produced you want them playing in the best quality leagues that you can, so that would be France, England, hell, even NZ if that's workable.
They'd maybe be better off reinstating the old amateur clubs, and spending what they had done subsidising them on youth development instead. |  |
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| Two city rugby on 09:18 - Dec 16 with 377 views | jack_lord |
Are the WRU the cancer of Rugby Union in our small but proud nation.
Alienating and destroying a "hotbed" of emerging talent in the Swansea, Neath and Ogwr valleys is probable the worst possible scenario and the parasite business people in Westgate are going to go for it to protect projectcardiff.
I was looking forward to watching first class rugby at St Helens as many were on this side of Swansea. I wont even bother turning on the TV to watch Wales to be honest as they are going to murder our roots as they have done with cricket. |  |
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| Two city rugby on 16:56 - Dec 16 with 303 views | max936 |
| Two city rugby on 09:18 - Dec 16 by jack_lord |
Are the WRU the cancer of Rugby Union in our small but proud nation.
Alienating and destroying a "hotbed" of emerging talent in the Swansea, Neath and Ogwr valleys is probable the worst possible scenario and the parasite business people in Westgate are going to go for it to protect projectcardiff.
I was looking forward to watching first class rugby at St Helens as many were on this side of Swansea. I wont even bother turning on the TV to watch Wales to be honest as they are going to murder our roots as they have done with cricket. |
In won't stop watching Wales, but I won't be watching any regional rugby if when Osprey are disbanded, I can see a long drawn out legal battle over it all if I'm honest, which won't do Welsh rugby any good at all.
Brought about by administrators from over the bridge who have no idea on how Welsh rugby works and just how Jamie Roberts can come out and support this is baffling to me, I'd hate to think that it's because of self interest because he works for the WRU. [Post edited 17 Dec 2025 21:53]
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| Two city rugby on 18:55 - Dec 16 with 274 views | EagleEye |
| Two city rugby on 16:56 - Dec 16 by max936 |
In won't stop watching Wales, but I won't be watching any regional rugby if when Osprey are disbanded, I can see a long drawn out legal battle over it all if I'm honest, which won't do Welsh rugby any good at all.
Brought about by administrators from over the bridge who have no idea on how Welsh rugby works and just how Jamie Roberts can come out and support this is baffling to me, I'd hate to think that it's because of self interest because he works for the WRU. [Post edited 17 Dec 2025 21:53]
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Of course Jamie Roberts will not speak against it, firstly he is from Cardiff, and isnāt he on the WRU board as some kind of non executive director ? Iād have thought someone like AWJ would have had something to say but he is apparently up the for the Ā£160kpa Technical Director position. The silence from recent ex pro players & coaches from the Ospreys region is deafening.
As already stated the people in charge do not understand the game or history of rugby in Wales. This new lot at the WRU are addressing the whole issue from the top down trying to justify all their decisions on business actions. Whereas they should be serving the sport of rugby in Wales from the bottom up. Nothing like a solid foundation to work from, but they just donāt want to see it. They havenāt learnt from the loss of opportunity of regional rugby. They have already alienated & lost Pontypridd & the Rhondda, they have lost most of the Gwent valleys & now they will lose a huge mass of the country from Bridgend to Swansea. Clueless doesnāt begin to cover it [Post edited 16 Dec 2025 19:21]
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| Two city rugby on 19:27 - Dec 16 with 259 views | max936 |
| Two city rugby on 18:55 - Dec 16 by EagleEye |
Of course Jamie Roberts will not speak against it, firstly he is from Cardiff, and isnāt he on the WRU board as some kind of non executive director ? Iād have thought someone like AWJ would have had something to say but he is apparently up the for the Ā£160kpa Technical Director position. The silence from recent ex pro players & coaches from the Ospreys region is deafening.
As already stated the people in charge do not understand the game or history of rugby in Wales. This new lot at the WRU are addressing the whole issue from the top down trying to justify all their decisions on business actions. Whereas they should be serving the sport of rugby in Wales from the bottom up. Nothing like a solid foundation to work from, but they just donāt want to see it. They havenāt learnt from the loss of opportunity of regional rugby. They have already alienated & lost Pontypridd & the Rhondda, they have lost most of the Gwent valleys & now they will lose a huge mass of the country from Bridgend to Swansea. Clueless doesnāt begin to cover it [Post edited 16 Dec 2025 19:21]
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I said above about Roberts working for the WRU, I thought he was a doctor though and AWJ is a qualified lawyer in he.?
They obviously don't seem to fancy going into their relevant careers that the studied and trained for. | |
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| Two city rugby on 19:30 - Dec 16 with 256 views | Whiterockin |
| Two city rugby on 20:29 - Dec 15 by max936 |
Handy for Wales though, they're just across the border and playing in a well structured competitive league, their standards will improve, much like Tomas Williams who is Gloucester's captain which just shows how much he's improved. |
Tomas is moving to Saracens at the end of the season. | | | |
| Two city rugby on 19:42 - Dec 16 with 244 views | max936 |
| Two city rugby on 19:30 - Dec 16 by Whiterockin |
Tomas is moving to Saracens at the end of the season. |
I did read that and Hardy replacing him at Gloucester apparently. | |
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| Two city rugby on 19:45 - Dec 16 with 241 views | Whiterockin |
| Two city rugby on 19:42 - Dec 16 by max936 |
I did read that and Hardy replacing him at Gloucester apparently. |
The English Premiership is on a totally different level to the Welsh regions, come on Ospreys just do it. | | | |
| Two city rugby on 19:50 - Dec 16 with 237 views | max936 |
| Two city rugby on 19:45 - Dec 16 by Whiterockin |
The English Premiership is on a totally different level to the Welsh regions, come on Ospreys just do it. |
It'll be the making or breaking of some of these Welsh boys, hopefully the making and Wales could benefit massively. | |
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