Rugby League Expansion into Wales Under Threat : Sat Feb 07, 2009 7:50 pm  

According to the sporting media in Wales, Celtic Crusaders won,t be allowed to progress with local rugby talent. There is a threat that any good developing players will be bought up and end up playing Union.
Will Lewis take note or just create "spin" that we have a foothold in Wales.

Re: Rugby League Expansion into Wales Under Threat : Sat Feb 07, 2009 7:51 pm  

Judder Man wrote:

According to the sporting media in Wales, Celtic Crusaders won,t be allowed to progress with local rugby talent. There is a threat that any good developing players will be bought up and end up playing Union.
Will Lewis take note or just create "spin" that we have a foothold in Wales.

Who won't allow it and who is going to buy up all the talent? RU is on its @rse in Wales mate.

: Sat Feb 07, 2009 7:53 pm  

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_l ... 876091.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_l ... 876091.stm

Re: Rugby League Expansion into Wales Under Threat : Sat Feb 07, 2009 7:54 pm  

Big Graeme wrote:

Who won't allow it and who is going to buy up all the talent? RU is on its @rse in Wales mate.

And so the English RU Game asswell they proper ression.

Re: Rugby League Expansion into Wales Under Threat : Sat Feb 07, 2009 7:54 pm  

Judder Man wrote:

According to the sporting media in Wales, Celtic Crusaders won,t be allowed to progress with local rugby talent. There is a threat that any good developing players will be bought up and end up playing Union.
Will Lewis take note or just create "spin" that we have a foothold in Wales.

What local talent !! They are a bunch of ex-NRL players.

: Sat Feb 07, 2009 7:58 pm  

MrPhilb wrote:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_league/super_league/celtic_crusaders/7876091.stm

What a w-nker that bloke is please some body arange a compition again so we take the on RU again and kick there arses.

: Sat Feb 07, 2009 8:01 pm  

So it follows that if you want to get paid good money to play R Union in Wales the best way would be to play RL at junior level for Celtic

So we end up with more juniors taking up RL in Wales

How is that bad for RL ?

: Sat Feb 07, 2009 8:05 pm  

same Gatland that send them a good luck text last night. don't you think the press are just fishing for stories.

story mite even get a few more people turning up at the game. and if wales do go looking at celtic's academy players, don't you think it says more about how poor a state union is in. that a club which is only 3 years old, can't produce/spot better talent that one of the so called best national teams in union

: Sat Feb 07, 2009 8:06 pm  

Is Gatlands "broadside" a true or bluff statement, or is there a serious danger that Celtic Crusaders will end up as a feeder club for Union.
Which means the RFL will have to give a concession for the team to operate with 12+ overseas players just so that the RFL can say rugby league is in Wales.

: Sat Feb 07, 2009 8:20 pm  

Let them poach, it's a free market....shows they've made it on to the radar. Surely the irony is that if the WRU had continued to fund the Celtic Warriors, they wouldn't have to think about poaching from the Crusaders!