@PhilRugby@Perers71 If I’m paying a consultancy a lot of £££ for a report to help shape my decisionmaking on something that will impact people’s livelehoods I would at the very least expect them to get the most basic of details correct i.e there are more than 14 professional rugby teams in France
@justinmmathews@LlyrGruffydd ?? ‘Council funding’ is devolved. So it’s Welsh and Scottish Gov that decide how much to allocate to local government - not UK Gov. Both Wales and Scotland are natural resource rich. Fact. But if you say England becomes richer if they leave the union where’s the problem?
@PhilRugby@Richard99366022 Ruper Moon - east wales as well. Clearly not enough talent in east wales to make a team so they need ringers from the gogs and across the bridge!
Not just because Italy won, but this clip from George Ford always resonates, always will probably. Always worth a listen, but best to draw your own conclusions. There you go
@Richard99366022@PhilRugby This game looks like it was based on place of birth/where you grew up rather than on club with n. wales & copsey/moon turning out for east wales
@MagpieScarlet Generate more cash. Work harder to bring more money in. If the player pathway is improved we’ll not have enough teams for them to play if we go down to 3 or 2. Or ortherwise we just become south sea islanders of english/french club rugby
@andygoosemoore Couldn’t agree more. We have plenty of talent in Wales. Just look at how our Welsh schools consistently make the finals of comps like Rosslyn Park. But from 16+ it gets really messy in terms of player development. And so much talent is then wasted due to lack of clear pathways.
@ScarletsAcademy Congrtaulations to all boys selected. Well done 💪 for those kids that have missed out and will I assume return to club & school, what future opportunities are there for them to be included at a later age group i.e late developers. Trying to better understand the player pathway..
@simonrug He put his hat in the Scottish ring. And has had 10 caps as a result. Good for him. World Rugby basically allows players to bounce from one international side to another - for me that’s wrong. But then again i remember how Welsh players ‘missed out’ thanks to Grannygate.
This is really interesting.
These word clouds from a recent @Moreincommon_ poll looking at Wales.
It lists the 16 words most associated with Labour, Plaid, the Tories and Reform.
There is a lot to say on this. For the full analysis see my pinned tweet.
@simonrug@ValleysVegas Not only that but the way LRZ flew in on the angle. It’s just rubbish coaching. Depth & width always exposes an umbrella blitz defence. 4 years i’ve listened 2 Pundits banging on about playing up on the gain line & not least Howley & Gatland. Total nonsense! Depth= Vision & time.