Llanelli RFC

A serious question here from someone who rarely gets to see the semi pro games due to where I live, and the ones I do see are The Drovers.

Why are LLanelli RFC so poor?

I was up at Parc Eirias on Sunday and saw the drubbing they had as the score was still up.

My understanding is we have 3 feeder clubs Quins Drovers and LLanelli and my understanding is that Academy players are fed into these clubs to gain experience (happy to be corrected if this is wrong)

Do the RFC not have an equal share of these assets?

Are they prone to player theft with short notice call ups due to their proximity to Scarlets?
Or
Do they have a good squad but poor coaching?

It just seems mad that they I assume have access to all the facilities of the Scarlets but zero outcome whereas using the Drovers as my example (as I have seen their facilities) have your basic club facilities and I would say punch above their weight

Also do Scarlets fund the 3 clubs in anyway?

Long winded question but I just don't understand how LLanelli RFC are so poor and consistently so

Yes I was there today…the game was over at half time really Carmarthen were 26-0 up…Jac Price played for Carmarthen and was the only Scarlet/Academy player in their side..Morgan Jones was due to play for Llanelli but pulled out..Llanelli did come back into the game and scored 4 tries,2 were late on with the game lost..Llanelli had 6 full time Academy players playing with only Shelton their best forward…Back line look lost at times,as they were missing Eddie James / Corey Baldwin..From what I was told today the Wales u20’s boys were missing as well…Llandovery today didn’t have anyone playing from the Scarlets set up in their game..Llanelli rfc should be doing better with the players at their dispense,maybe it’s a coaching issue as the coaching staff have been there for some time..

They’re poo because better plays have coke and gone who won’t put up with being dropped for below par academy players. Also the 2 coaches are absolute dreadful 

Thank you,   Llanelli  1963.

watched a fantastic game of rugby yesterday where Ammanford entertained Brecon in the cup with the Chief coaching Brecon it was end to end stuff full of skill and commitment which neither side deserved to lose but the highlight was Ammanford being awarded a touchline penalty in the final minute in front of Chief who well and truly threw his toys (clipboard and baseball cap) out the pram it was kicked and Ammanford won a thriller 25-24 really enjoyable game.

ladram wrote: watched a fantastic game of rugby yesterday where Ammanford entertained Brecon in the cup with the Chief coaching Brecon it was end to end stuff full of skill and commitment which neither side deserved to lose but the highlight was Ammanford being awarded a touchline penalty in the final minute in front of Chief who well and truly threw his toys (clipboard and baseball cap) out the pram it was kicked and Ammanford won a thriller 25-24 really enjoyable game.

ladram wrote: watched a fantastic game of rugby yesterday where Ammanford entertained Brecon in the cup with the Chief coaching Brecon it was end to end stuff full of skill and commitment which neither side deserved to lose but the highlight was Ammanford being awarded a touchline penalty in the final minute in front of Chief who well and truly threw his toys (clipboard and baseball cap) out the pram it was kicked and Ammanford won a thriller 25-24 really enjoyable game.

 fair play great win that. What round you in next?

scarletabroad wrote: A serious question here from someone who rarely gets to see the semi pro games due to where I live, and the ones I do see are The Drovers. Why are LLanelli RFC so poor? I was up at Parc Eirias on Sunday and saw the drubbing they had as the score was still up. My understanding is we have 3 feeder clubs Quins Drovers and LLanelli and my understanding is that Academy players are fed into these clubs to gain experience (happy to be corrected if this is wrong) Do the RFC not have an equal share of these assets? Are they prone to player theft with short notice call ups due to their proximity to Scarlets? Or Do they have a good squad but poor coaching? It just seems mad that they I assume have access to all the facilities of the Scarlets but zero outcome whereas using the Drovers as my example (as I have seen their facilities) have your basic club facilities and I would say punch above their weight Also do Scarlets fund the 3 clubs in anyway? Long winded question but I just don't understand how LLanelli RFC are so poor and consistently so

I suspect the wage bill of the RFC is significantly smaller than the clubs in the top half of the table. The main priority of the likes of Ebbw Vale, Llandovery, RGC, Merthyr etc is to win the Welsh Premiership and the Cup. The main priority of the RFC is to be a development team for our academy and youngsters. We don’t value semi pro success highly so don’t invest in enough of those good but sub-professional level players that would turn the team into challengers. Swansea are in a similar position. They too get the majority of the Ospreys academy players but are a bottom half club. Cardiff invest more in their Welsh Premiership club and have a core of former pro and good semi-pro level players who supplement their academy boys. They’re the best team in the league.