Project Reset Q&A evening with Nigel Short |
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Great to hear that Steff has another year on his contract and is going nowhere,also got the feeling when asked at the meeting that Josh Adams and Rhys Priestland will not be joining us..
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turkishrebel
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CRYS16 January Nigel Short began by explaining that despite the Scarlets being in a posi5on to meet their criteria in order to progress with Project Reset back in September, they were s5ll not as advanced with regards to finalising everything as had been hoped. He con5nued to explain that the WRU’s take over of the Dragons Region had given them a greater understanding of the pressures of running a Region and had prompted the re-‐organising of the game in Wales with David LoveI appointed to oversee the most radical restructuring the game has seen since it became professional. Some changes have already been implemented – • The WRU Governing Body has been reduced from 20 members to 12. • The Community Board will be responsible for the Community Game, with funding ringfenced. • The Professional Rugby Board will be responsible for the Professional game, including the running of the Principality Stadium, the Regions, Sponsorship etc. • The Professional Rugby Board will contain 5 en55es – the four regions, plus the WRU – these en55es will remain independent, there is no new funding, but all funding will come from the one pot. Nigel Short stressed that it was the ‘end of the beginning’ – that would not make a big difference overnight and it would possibly be 4-‐5 years before we see any huge advances. A major factor going forward is the involvement of a large Private Equity Company called CVC that has bought the commercial rights of the PRL and it is an5cipated that the Pro14 which involves 4 Unions, including S.A. Rugby would be an aIrac5ve investment for them in the future. Due to this, Nigel Short believes that despite being unable to expect a Welsh Region to consistently compete in Europe on current budgets, along with the affordability of 4 Regions, 4 Regions will remain. He added that the whole structure of the European compe55on is up for renewal in 2021 as it has been accepted that the current structure is not working. Player This has been extensively discussed with the players, with a posi5ve reac5on. Currently the banding does not include Non-‐Welsh Qualified players. The banding starts at Academy Level, through to New Professional – Regional Professional – New Interna5onal. Currently no regions have a finalised budget which is affec5ng recruitment and reten5on, this could risk players going out of Wales to play their rugby. With the banding replacing the Na5onal Dual Contracts, Nigel Short confirmed that it will make no difference as the Regions will s5ll get the 60% contribu5on to player wages, but it will be from the central pot instead. This banding will also discourage inter-‐Regional player transfers as another region will be unable to en5ce a player outside of their banding. On the other hand they won’t be able to undercut a player’s value once they have been placed in a banding either. Sanc5ons will be in place for those who don’t adhere. There will be some flexibility as it is recognised that some players are worth more to a region than their banding. There will be a Regional Marquee Banding with allows a player to be paid above their banding, but this cost is met by the Region. Jon Daniels confirmed that some significant reten5on has already been done for next season, with others having been told that they want to be kept despite not being in a posi5on at present to complete these contracts. Very few players have been released and discussions are on-‐going with Brad Mooar with regards to where we need to recruit for next season. Even without recruitments, with young players coming through, we already have a good squad in place for next season. With Josh Adams and Rhys Priestland out of contract and looking to make a return to Wales, Jon Daniels admiIed that both are quality players at different ends of their careers. All four regions should be interested but at the Scarlets, they have to ensure the dynamics are right with the players already here. No decision has been either way with regards to Adams as a lot of factors have to be taken into considera5on as it would mean bringing in another Interna5onal Player. He added that there had been no discussions with either Priestland or his agent. Funding It was stressed that there is no new funding, but the Scarlets will not receive any less funding that in previous seasons and will get more than other Regions, mainly due to recent success and the number of players that they provide for the Na5onal team. A The A League was a fantas5c first season for the Scarlets, however, there are areas that can be improved. Unfortunately, next season will be disrup5ve due to the Rugby World Cup, however, the IRFU have proposed for the A League to be extended in the future. Commercial A successful commercial performance is a cri5cal factor. Nigel Short commented, “If we haven’t got the business right, there is no rugby.” He revealed that the Scarlets go into this project with a posi5ve balance sheet of £4-‐£5 million, with directors wri5ng off their debts totally. With over 160 sponsors in the Region, the Scarlets are head and shoulders above other regions. Addi5onally, the Scarlets own their own Stadium and are not compe5ng with football. He admiIed that historically next year could be a tough year as it is a World Cup year, however the Scarlets’ commercial sponsorship is stable as many are contracted for a period rather than annually. Brexit could also have an impact on recrui5ng Overseas Players due to the fluctua5ng strength of the £. World It was confirmed that World Rugby is looking in to the current season structure. Next season the Scarlets will play 9 league games during the Interna5onal window. Whilst the ideal would be to have the Boxing Day fixture back, due to player welfare the only other op5on would then be to play another fixture during the Interna5onal window. There has been an alterna5ve proposal to the League & European Cup Structure during the World Cup, these will be discussed in a mee5ng on January 17th, but it could mean Europe being delayed un5l aier the WC and being played during the Interna5onal’s rest period. As part of Project Reset, a Business Management Board has been set up. This board is looking at collec5vely arranging deals that will benefit all, e.g. insurances. One of the projects they are looking at is Judgement Day which is going to be revamped and built upon to become a bigger and beIer product. Coaching Brad Mooar will be arriving in July. He came over before Christmas and personally met all the players and staff members. Wayne also begins his job with the WRU in July, but a transi5on period has already begun. Jon Daniels confirmed that Ioan Cunningham is staying with the Scarlets. Wayne is in the process of appoin5ng his Defence Coach, but nothing with regards to Byron Hayward is confirmed. No other members of Brad’s Coaching team have been confirmed yet, but both Brad and Jon Daniels have interviewed several prospec5ve candidates. Llanelli The Scarlets are commiIed to working with all three of the feeder teams with the aim to keep them all in the Premiership. When the decision was made to reduce the number of teams to 12, the Region fought to ensure that this comprised of 3 teams from each region, but unfortunately lost the vote. On a weekly basis, Jon and Kevin George meet with the coaching teams of Llanelli, Carmarthen Quins and Llandovery to discuss the distribu5on of players, taking into considera5on a number of factors. CRYS16’s |
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You don’t need to post this here on an open forum .Why don’t Supporters just join to gain this information direct!It’s free but obviously a donation is very welcome by the trustees 👍
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Why is ti deemed rude? Annoying
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Mate I can put what I want on here when I want to. Hypocrite
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reesytheexile
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"Ouch" turkishrebel was this directed to me? If so, its a bit personal which isn't at all like you. You can of course, post as you wish but on my post I think there is a misunderstanding here which is probably due to the way I posted and if so, I apologise. All I was trying to literally say to you and really other members here, is that there should be no need to post the Crys Members Minutes when Crys Members all get their own copy direct. With us all being Scarlets supporters and with Crys membership being free I would have thought that the vast majority on SF would also be Crys Members but ,of course, I may be wrong there. I also want to suggest, admittedly as a long standing Crys member and former Trustee/Crys Hon Secretary, is that everyone on the SF Forum strongly considers joining Crys16 to boost its impact. As our sole collective fans voice why wouldn't people join with its benefits ? that may a separate debate in itself I suspect ! Anyway enough said. Please do PM my if anything else bothers you. |
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turkishrebel
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yes it was directed at you, did not appreciate the way you worded your reply. will take your apology and leave as is.
crys do an important job for us fans and I appreciate all the time yourself and other members of the board who put in so much work to help us. I don't think there is a team out there that has such dedicated and hard working fans and I thank you all especially in the dark years during regionalisation and afterwards.
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NobbySosban
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The advent of Project Reset means that PRW will effectively cease to exist, replaced by the WRU Professional Rugby Board (PRB) made up of the WRU, 4 Regions and independent directors.
Mark Davies, who steered Scarlets and latterly RRW/PRW through the WRU versus Welsh Rugby war, and worked with PRO14 to develop its commercial focus, will sadly no longer be involved in the game.
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Wil Chips
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Now that is a shame. Impressed me.
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LLANDRE
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Mark Davies we were told in the Crys meeting, is still heavily involved at the coalface of professional rugby, but I forget exactly what his exact role is.
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West is Best (Fin gwybod)
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reesytheexile
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Well its Mark's business I guess and I am sure we all wish him well whatever happens. Always found him pretty approachable and nobody's fool !
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I think Nigel Short mentioned broadcaster.
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