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Wales Rugby - a serious question

Started by clevermike13 REPLIES1,467 VIEWS· 08 Feb 2025, 18:08
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clevermikeCoach57,555 posts
08 Feb 2025, 18:08
#1
08 Feb 2025, 18:08#1

How long is Gatland going to last as coach - he must be the worst coach of any international team.  

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Stavanger1Pro4,532 posts
08 Feb 2025, 18:12
#2
08 Feb 2025, 18:12#2

He will be gone after the 6 Nations concludes. But frankly he just doesn't have the players.

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bobbok...Captain10,129 posts
08 Feb 2025, 21:48
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08 Feb 2025, 21:48#3
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Saffolk Captain30,741 posts
09 Feb 2025, 16:42
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09 Feb 2025, 16:42#4

Mike it has very little to do with Gatland, he has very little to work with 

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becsPro4,378 posts
09 Feb 2025, 16:52
#5
09 Feb 2025, 16:52#5

It’s pretty awful to watch even though Wales are my natural enemy ! 

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Saffolk Captain30,741 posts
09 Feb 2025, 18:02
#6
09 Feb 2025, 18:02#6

My natural enemy is England when it comes to rugby :)

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becsPro4,378 posts
10 Feb 2025, 02:59
#7
10 Feb 2025, 02:59#7

You fiend ! 

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bobbok...Captain10,129 posts
10 Feb 2025, 03:16
#8
10 Feb 2025, 03:16#8

Wus em hilites much better becs .

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becsPro4,378 posts
10 Feb 2025, 03:17
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10 Feb 2025, 03:17#9

Oh no. It was just an awful watch, Blob 

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Black & Red Club Pro255 posts
12 Feb 2025, 23:13
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12 Feb 2025, 23:13#10

It is not Gatland - Welsh rugby is the problem.

It has been very porrly mananaged over a long period.

NZ Rugby is not much better with Mark Robinson at the helm.


He needs to be sacked - Taken out back and ----.

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DennyCaptain12,893 posts
13 Feb 2025, 01:57
#11
13 Feb 2025, 01:57#11

Mike it has very little to do with Gatland, he has very little to work with

Exactly right.

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clevermikeCoach57,555 posts
13 Feb 2025, 06:26
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13 Feb 2025, 06:26#12

So perhaps he aut is not entirely atlands porblem - it is a management of Welsh rugby management proiblem. When gwre are prolems in finding more and better rugby players it is advisabel that there is a clinmate change is needed in Welsh Rugby.


When Erasmus took over control he got a Springbok team thatwas totally demoralized and even lost against Italy. 6 years later SA have the biggest rugby player reserve resources in the world, Some scial players find i difficult to get into the Spring boks team because there are so many resevres around,


Wielsh Rugb is in a shambles and amybe Wales should take the Springboks example in starting re-building of theirr rugby resources teh way Erasmus did in SA, The same applies to Aussie Rugby as well, Part if teh problem is that financig o rugby is a major problem for Wales and UK club rugby and tha is going to be a negatove in UK Rugby. Why siwe Irish and even scotish eamsdo not ahve similar problms? .

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bobbok...Captain10,129 posts
13 Feb 2025, 06:28
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13 Feb 2025, 06:28#13

A recent poll showed that 47% of Welsh respondents identified soccer as their favourite sport compared to 45% for rugby. In 2019 both sports were equally favoured at 43%

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clevermikeCoach57,555 posts
13 Feb 2025, 12:32
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13 Feb 2025, 12:32#14

BB


Exactly right. In SA 90% of SA Black population thought so of soccr in 2017 - now it si down to 60% and the biggest investor in Soccer in SA is a partner in ownership of the Bulls franchise, Things can change through positive leadership and performances by teams.

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