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Quote: Grendel "I stand corrected Crucrucru.
Good cos I don't want to sit down for Leeds.'"
Tickets are available here -
www.newportgwentdragons.com/Home.aspx
About a third down the page. It's a pity Crusaders can't get a system where we can buy tickets and merchandise online.
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Quote: Grendel "I stand corrected Crucrucru.
Good cos I don't want to sit down for Leeds.'"
Tickets are available here -
www.newportgwentdragons.com/Home.aspx
About a third down the page. It's a pity Crusaders can't get a system where we can buy tickets and merchandise online.
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| Hey if Cardiff Demons want to go pro, then good luck to them! And the Blue Bulls! The Bulls are the better team, but perhaps finance would be better in Cardiff.
You League fans wanted to expand the game in Wales. Looks a bit promising eh? We might not be doing it on the field yet, but there seems to be an increasing impact on the playing front.
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| Quote: Grendel "Hey if Cardiff Demons want to go pro, then good luck to them! And the Blue Bulls! The Bulls are the better team, but perhaps finance would be better in Cardiff.
You League fans wanted to expand the game in Wales. Looks a bit promising eh? We might not be doing it on the field yet, but there seems to be an increasing impact on the playing front.'"
It would certainly give a smoother player path from the conference teams left to Demons/Blue Bulls then to the Crusaders set up hopefully ending in first team appearances.
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| Never mind playing at either Newport or Bridgend
What about playing your games up at WREXHAM
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| Quote: ajhcrusader " I think we'll ultimately move to Newport, and that's the right move for the club. We need bigger crowds, clearly, and Bridgend has never been an area renowned for big crowds at any sporting event. When Bridgend (RU) won the last ever professional Welsh Premiership title in 2003, the attendance was less than 2,000. We only lost 2 games that season, both away from home, and we still couldn't get crowds!'"
I bet that paragraph didn't make the franchise application....
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| the franchise was for 3 years not 5 months, lets see what the're like then . if the're still around. But until then lets not slag em off .
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Luck is a combination of preparation and opportunity
Just to avoid confusion Starbug is the username of Steven Pike
SOMEBODY SAID that it couldn’t be done
But he with a chuckle replied
That “maybe it couldn’t,” but he would be one
Who wouldn’t say so till he’d tried.
So he buckled right in with the trace of a grin
On his face. If he worried he hid it.
He started to sing as he tackled the thing
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| Quote: Ken Barlow "the franchise was for 3 years not 5 months, lets see what the're like then . if the're still around. But until then lets not slag em off .'"
So you are saying it's ok to tell ouright lies to the RFL on the most important changes to the sport in 10 years
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| Quote: Ken Barlow "the franchise was for 3 years not 5 months, lets see what the're like then . if the're still around. But until then lets not slag em off .'"
So it's OK for CC to apply the same logic to the Franchise process as Wiggin did to the salary cap? I.e. Do anything to stay in the top flight now, deal with the consequences later if ever. Nice long term planning, that.
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| Quote: Wembley71 "So it's OK for CC to apply the same logic to the Franchise process as Wiggin did to the salary cap? I.e. Do anything to stay in the top flight now, deal with the consequences later if ever. Nice long term planning, that.'"
Are you aware of what was in the franchise application? The only thing I heard (and that was direct from Leighton Samuels) was that the application stated games would be played throughout Wales and it was recognised that the Brewery Field was not a long term Super League stadium.
So in answer to the question I think that they've already acknowledged the Brewery is not the long term solution and that the Island Farm development is.
Is moving to a stadium that holds Magners League and Heineken Cup Rugby (so should meet Sky's needs for televising games and I stress should) that bad a move?
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| Quote: Traffic "Are you aware of what was in the franchise application? The only thing I heard (and that was direct from Leighton Samuels) was that the application stated games would be played throughout Wales and it was recognised that the Brewery Field was not a long term Super League stadium.
So in answer to the question I think that they've already acknowledged the Brewery is not the long term solution and that the Island Farm development is.
Is moving to a stadium that holds Magners League and Heineken Cup Rugby (so should meet Sky's needs for televising games and I stress should) that bad a move?'"
One presumes that the franchise bid was predicated on financial stability. The RFL's bailout of the club suggests that this has not been achieved. The comment I quoted originally suggested that Bridgend was never a viable base for a SL club because its spectator turnout, even for a successful union side, was lower than that required to breakeven. All of which suggests that, like Salford's stadium, there was more wishful thinking in the business plans than the RFL gave credit for.
I was/am [iagainst [/ifranchising, but for development in Wales... I thought the RFL's handling of the bid process was shambolic, but would have had more respect had they just said 'we want a Welsh franchise, end of story'.
Now there is a franchise at Crusaders, the RFL must do whatever is necessary to make it successful. It's funny that Newport has been mentioned as a good place to move because it's nearer to Cardiff.
So, why not just move to Cardiff?
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| Quote: Wembley71 "So it's OK for CC to apply the same logic to the Franchise process as Wiggin did to the salary cap? I.e. Do anything to stay in the top flight now, deal with the consequences later if ever. Nice long term planning, that.'"
When the franchises were being discussed on TV the short term nature of Brewery Field as it stands was also quite openly discussed, so I would imagine the club were quite open in their plans for a more suitable location at some point in the future. But they are limited as to what they can do in the short term due to financial constraints and also considerations where their fanbase is concerned. To move too far away would surely undermine what they have achieved in Bridgend so far.
There is a very interesting interview with Leighton Samuels in the RL press this week. In fact, the Crusaders have had some seriously good (and very positive) media attention this week: on the Superleague Show on the Beeb and in both versions of the RL press.
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9005.jpg kcab sfrawdder
Luck is a combination of preparation and opportunity
Just to avoid confusion Starbug is the username of Steven Pike
SOMEBODY SAID that it couldn’t be done
But he with a chuckle replied
That “maybe it couldn’t,” but he would be one
Who wouldn’t say so till he’d tried.
So he buckled right in with the trace of a grin
On his face. If he worried he hid it.
He started to sing as he tackled the thing
That couldn’t be done, and he did it!:9005.jpg |
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| Quote: SaintsFan "When the franchises were being discussed on TV the short term nature of Brewery Field as it stands was also quite openly discussed, so I would imagine the club were quite open in their plans for a more suitable location at some point in the future. But they are limited as to what they can do in the short term due to financial constraints and also considerations where their fanbase is concerned. To move too far away would surely undermine what they have achieved in Bridgend so far.
There is a very interesting interview with Leighton Samuels in the RL press this week. In fact, the Crusaders have had some seriously good (and very positive) media attention this week
So why move to Newport when Cardiff is closer
Good and positive media wont pay bills and contracts
I too like Wembley 71 am against the principle of franchises but want the game to expand , and like him realise that now we have a Welsh club in SL it must succeed at all costs or future development is also doomed to failure
Simply put , if we cannot make a go of it in Wales I doubt we can any where else
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| Quote: Starbug "So why move to Newport when Cardiff is closer
Good and positive media wont pay bills and contracts
I too like Wembley 71 am against the principle of franchises but want the game to expand , and like him realise that now we have a Welsh club in SL it must succeed at all costs or future development is also doomed to failure
Simply put , if we cannot make a go of it in Wales I doubt we can any where else'"
I am pretty sure we can make a go of rugby league in Wales if it is done correctly.
The club won't be moving to Cardiff as they have told the fans this and it may be to do with the people that run Cardiff RFC and the Arms Park. It is their loss and Newports gain.
I am pretty sure the crowds will be up on Bridgend and the facilities are better. The ground is getting redeveloped in the next few years and is larger to begin with. Brewery Field was never going to be the permanent base of the club and in the present climate we need to make the best of the situation. Newport would be that, in my opinion. And to top it off it is walking distance from the local.
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| London and South Wales are'nt good enough for 2 teams in SL never mind 4
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| Whats the point in building a fan base to then move 30 miles down the road.
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