Nigel Davies

shocker wrote: No, it just said renewals  soon

To think that we have a highly intelligent Welshman as our DoR, someone with 40plus years experience of professional rugby as player and coach, who has come in since January and has made some fundamental changes to our coaching setup and the way that we approach games, yet the WRU pick an ex England fitness coach (who has no playing experience and had been working outside of rugby for nearly 20 years) as the DoR for the whole of Welsh rugby.

SA14 wrote: Legendinmybathroom wrote: To think that we have a highly intelligent Welshman as our DoR, someone with 40plus years experience of professional rugby as player and coach, who has come in since January and has made some fundamental changes to our coaching setup and the way that we approach games, yet the WRU pick an ex England fitness coach (who has no playing experience and had been working outside of rugby for nearly 20 years) as the DoR for the whole of Welsh rugby. This just sums up the WRUs abysmal track record in appointing the wrong people in the wrong roles at the wrong time. I’m so glad that Nigel agreed to come back in January as our interim DoR but can’t help but think that Welsh rugby could have benefited from his vast rugby knowledge had he applied for / or been successful in getting the WRU DoR position instead of dastardly Dave. I think the whole thinking behind it was having someone with no affiliation whatsoever with Welsh rugby. Understandable imo.

If we do survive the first job of the board is to thank Peel for his service and send him on his way.

Scrletsfan32x wrote: If we do survive the first job of the board is to thank Peel for his service and send him on his way.

Wasp wrote: Seagultaf wrote: Wasp wrote: Couldn’t make the meet the players either, sadly. I wonder how we’re going to afford 40+ senior players when we couldn’t afford them this year? I wonder how we can offer job security when we couldn’t do it for Marnus? Intriguing  It’s the length of contract rather than the budget that is key   Could the money for the expanded squad be coming from the settlement following the recent WRU court case?

Is our (and Ospreys) budget being aligned to Cardiff and Dragons next season or are we still on the £4.5m?

Believe kit when I see next year's squad

Scrletsfan32x wrote: Seagultaf wrote: Abbey wrote: Wasp wrote: Seagultaf wrote: Wasp wrote: Couldn’t make the meet the players either, sadly. I wonder how we’re going to afford 40+ senior players when we couldn’t afford them this year? I wonder how we can offer job security when we couldn’t do it for Marnus? Intriguing  It’s the length of contract rather than the budget that is key   Could the money for the expanded squad be coming from the settlement following the recent WRU court case? Is our (and Ospreys) budget being aligned to Cardiff and Dragons next season or are we still on the £4.5m? Surely to get the same money as Dragons next season, Scarlets and Ospreys would have to sign up to PRA25, which is no longer available. My earlier question remains, are the extra squad players Nigel is talking about, being paid for from monies awarded in the recent court case against WRU? Even if the award is at the lower end of the £2M to £12M range expected, that would fund a significant increase in squad depth. DIV]Surely the WRU would say that they will take it off the amount we already owe them.