Well done to Pontypridd RFC

The Saint wrote:Looks like Pontypridd nicked half of last year's Cardiff RFC team...

Griff wrote:It would seem from the Ponty squad that regional rugby and it's processes are full ingrained in the everyday running of Pontypridd RFC. Every success that you talk about, Steffan, has regional rugby right at it's core. In fact, by the looks of it you wouldn't have done much without the Blues involvement in terms of academy players. I counted 14 Blues players in there (with an asterisk next to their name). Pontypridd is involved in regional rugby, and benefits directly from it, whether you like it or not.

Ponty wrote: I will never be a Blue...

Coleman wrote:

Also, could people stop baiting the Ponty fan's by saying that they're a Blues A team. It's boring. . . Can't we just get along.

ScarletSpiderman wrote:

Steffan wrote:And in my point of view people who say 'The setup is wrong but we have to accept it' are the kinda people who moan about the Tories but then dont bother to vote in the election or moan about the state of the roads but never actually write to the council. Its just just laying down to a system that is totally wrong and the future of Welsh rugby deserves so much better than what the current four superclubs are offering

Likewise, those who constantly snipe about how the regions are nothing other than glorified town/city clubs, when the regions are actually being supported by the people of their region, are no better than those who claim that Elvis is alive because they read it in the Daily Sport, or claim that the shadows are wrong on the moon landing, or that things were better back when they were kids.  These people are so into their little closed minded rants that they can't see that the rest of the world has moved on and left them behind moaning about it.  If the regions were scrapped and rebuilt from new, that would not fix the problems we have.  There would still be lack of supporters etc.  All it would do would be setting us back ten years, and we would have to listen to the same arguements over and over again.

Truth be told the regions should have been West, North, South and East.  West being the three counties that made up Dyfyd, oh hang on the Scarlets, that non-existant region you slate all the time.  The South would be the Ospreys, the East would be the Blues&Dragons and the North would be RGC 1404.  That wouldn't please the Valleys fans, as they deserve a region of their own, and it wouldn't please the Dragons/Blues fans as they would have to be forced together, leading to the same amount of moaning we have to put up with still.

Cardiff Dave wrote:

ScarletSpiderman wrote:

Steffan wrote:And in my point of view people who say 'The setup is wrong but we have to accept it' are the kinda people who moan about the Tories but then dont bother to vote in the election or moan about the state of the roads but never actually write to the council. Its just just laying down to a system that is totally wrong and the future of Welsh rugby deserves so much better than what the current four superclubs are offering

Likewise, those who constantly snipe about how the regions are nothing other than glorified town/city clubs, when the regions are actually being supported by the people of their region, are no better than those who claim that Elvis is alive because they read it in the Daily Sport, or claim that the shadows are wrong on the moon landing, or that things were better back when they were kids.  These people are so into their little closed minded rants that they can't see that the rest of the world has moved on and left them behind moaning about it.  If the regions were scrapped and rebuilt from new, that would not fix the problems we have.  There would still be lack of supporters etc.  All it would do would be setting us back ten years, and we would have to listen to the same arguements over and over again.

Truth be told the regions should have been West, North, South and East.  West being the three counties that made up Dyfyd, oh hang on the Scarlets, that non-existant region you slate all the time.  The South would be the Ospreys, the East would be the Blues&Dragons and the North would be RGC 1404.  That wouldn't please the Valleys fans, as they deserve a region of their own, and it wouldn't please the Dragons/Blues fans as they would have to be forced together, leading to the same amount of moaning we have to put up with still.

Let's be realistic and honest for a moment even though after 10 years the regional matter still proves to be a pain in the backside.
The facts are;
Pontypridd RFC compete against Cardiff RFC in the prem.
Cardiff RFC own and run Cardiff Blues.
Therefore to your ordinary passionate Ponty fan the aforementioned Cardiff sides are the same animal so how can Ponty fans be expected to support one Cardiff side and not the other? Doesn't make sense. The regional set up was an omnishambles from the start.
Truth be told it should have been 4 clubs from the very beginning and not pretend regions.

ScarletSpiderman wrote:

Cardiff Dave wrote:Let's remember in 2002 the Cardiff and Ponty sides were huge rivals. Then 2003 came along and the sham Ponty/Bridgend Worriers were the rivals. They were culled and all of a sudden the WRU said that Ponty fans should now support the stand alone Cardiff side. I mean come on.