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scarletabroad wrote: More dramas in the English prem Wasps now defo out at the bottom of the pyramid Irish have an extension to the 30th May to prove funding or they’re out Leicester Tigers and Exeter Chiefs have also felt the pinch and needed additional financing earlier in the season to stay afloat. Muted talks of Newcastle and Sale uniting though how that would work goodness knows At this rate there could be a request for a joint league if things get any worse in England but it could be the league that revitalises pro rugby, Wales England Scotland in one poss two leagues, with demotion no flights needed more fans in stadiums.

You have to suspect that a lot of the Premiership sides are paying out well in excess of their £5.5 million wages cap if the number of sides folding or struggling is anything to go by, and are hoping that they don’t get found out.

Oracle wrote: After 800 years of English help , I wouldn't get into anything with them as in every instance we have come third in a 2 horse race

The RFU is starting to look like a mix of impotent and out of touch in all this.

If the league goes down to 10 teams next season then all the clubs will have lost revenue from 3 home ties, TV rights will likely need to be reviewed with 36 less games to be played across the season, season tickets become less appealing on a cost/game basis...pretty sure that the number of teams that qualify for the top tier of Europe (from a smaller pool) will come under scrutiny... and so on..

Add to that the (daft) bye laws that don't allow the likes of Ealing to join the Prem, and it's not hard to imagine an implosion of some kind is on the cards. One of the outcomes of which, is the RFU being obliged to come to the table on an Anglo/Welsh league...a table we would surely want to sit at too.

In fairness to the RFU the English Premiership is controlled by Premiership Rugby.  That lot that fined Northampton £60,000 for allowing George North to play for Wales outside of the window 

GPR - Rochester wrote: Wil Chips wrote: The RFU is starting to look like a mix of impotent and out of touch in all this. If the league goes down to 10 teams next season then all the clubs will have lost revenue from 3 home ties, TV rights will likely need to be reviewed with 36 less games to be played across the season, season tickets become less appealing on a cost/game basis...pretty sure that the number of teams that qualify for the top tier of Europe (from a smaller pool) will come under scrutiny... and so on.. Add to that the (daft) bye laws that don't allow the likes of Ealing to join the Prem, and it's not hard to imagine an implosion of some kind is on the cards. One of the outcomes of which, is the RFU being obliged to come to the table on an Anglo/Welsh league...a table we would surely want to sit at too. Some on here, a minority I would add, still do not support the idea of an Anglo/Welsh league. This, to me, has more to do with Owain Glyndwr's time rather than good, practical business sense. Bums on seats has given the Irish provinces untold revenues over many years yet some of our colleagues don't see the enormous benefits available. Of course the worrying thing is that neither the RFU or indeed the WRU have proven themselves capable of running a corner shop let alone a fully professional successful league. A structure whereby Ospreys, Cardiff & Scarlets join the top 9 from the Premiership in a 1st division & Dragons join the 2nd division alongside the bottom placed Premiership side, Jersey etc with guaranteed promotion & relegation for the top and bottom sides would introduce jeopardy & incentive. Top 6 in 1st division qualify for Europe Champions Cup with bottom 6 in Challenge Cup.

Try answering the question regarding the point about the majority of supporters want , I don't hear or see it ...so I was wandering if it was fact or fiction 

Oracle wrote: Try answering the question regarding the point about the majority of supporters want , I don't hear or see it ...so I was wandering if it was fact or fiction  The standard of the URC is way better than the English league and supporters want to see fast competitive games , our players need to be tested week in week out , it's only fair on them as no one wants to see an individual embarrassed on the international scene ...We become competitive by playing in the best league and that is the URC ...

Why not ask Mods to do a poll on here re Anglo Welsh or URC.?