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Posted: 28 April 2006 at 4:48pm |
Hi, I’m
French and I’m working on a comparative study of the different national rugby
championships of the main rugby nations. (Celtic League and Welsh primiership
in the case of England) I’m trying
to estimate the importance of the national championship in each country and to
understand how the changes which might have occurred since rugby became a
professional sport were taken, how the fans rate a win in the national
championship compared to a win in the European cup, how they feel about
international tests being held the same day as premiership games etc… We see in
the southern hemisphere but also now in Ireland or Wales that a continental
tournament involving provinces (Heineken cup or Super 14) have got far more
important than national tournaments (New Zealand’s NPC, south African Currie
cup, Irish or welsh premiership) For example
in I would
like to collect as much information as possible about the Celtic League and
Welsh premiership regarding a few things: -
The Celtic league is a young tournament. What lead to its creation from
a welsh point of view? Does the fact that the Celtic League lasts the whole
season mean that the best Welsh players don’t play in the national Welsh
premiership at all or do they play part of it? I think the answer is ‘they
don’t play it at all’ and therefore I would like to know how did the fans react
to the fact that the best Welsh players don’t compete any longer for the title
of champion of Wales? Do they consider that the Welsh team best ranked in the Celtic
league is the Welsh champion? What about the winner of the premiership? -
Is it right to say that Welsh teams taking part into the Celtic League
ar not really clubs but provincial sides for the Ospreys and the Gwent Dragons?
What about the Scarlets and the Blues, are they exactly the same as Llanelli
and Cardiff RFC? -
Given the fact that the Celtic League lasts the whole season, does it
mean that the best Welsh players do not compete at all in the premiership? Or
can they play at that level to regain form or come back from injury? How do the
fans feel about that? -
On the whole, how do the fans feel about the creation of an intermediate
level between the premiership and the heineken cup? Wales rather has a club
tradition contrary to Ireland were provinces have always existed... Is it
considered as an obligation for Welsh rugby to survive in the professionnal
era? Do people think the welsh premiership could have survived? -
Why was the powergen cup created including Welsh teams and why isn’t it
played during the international tests instead of being played on Celtic League
days? I thank you
very much in advance for answering all or part of my questions. |
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In Wales, we have the Premiership for semi-pro teams (Llanelli, Swansea, Maesteg etc.) and since the creation of the regions (Scarlets, Dragons, Ospreys, Blues) we have taken part in the Celtic league which is our main league really. Obviously, winning the Heineken Cup would be massive for any region in Wales, earning the title "Champions of Europe" but if we can't win Europe, then go for the league! |
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