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najbritcol
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Posted: 19 March 2017 at 12:11am |
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Amid the decline of Welsh rugby, here is something to raise a little smile. Nantgaredig, a village team in Carmarthenshire lying in Division 3 West A, beat Sweden by a 41-point margin! Just shows the severe disparities that still exist in world rugby between the traditional powers and everyone else.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-west-wales-39282020 (The one point about the article that did make me cringe, however, was the line about Wales being more of a 'heartland' for rugby than New Zealand. LOL!)
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Favourite post of 2017!
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Wil Chips
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No 1 son called up for this one...great honour :)
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najbritcol
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What this proves is the big gap that still exists between, let's say, the top sixteen rugby nations - Six Nations + Rugby Championship + Japan, Fiji, Samoa, Tonga, Georgia and Romania - and everyone else. Certainly, the gap is much bigger than in football, which except maybe in Oceania and the Indian Subcontinent is genuinely popular and competitive throughout the world in a way that probably won't ever be the case with rugby.
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Don't think No2. has "playing Sweden" in his rather large "Honour Bucket" !
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Full Match here ... Edited by scarletman - 27 March 2017 at 10:47am |
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Wil Chips
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There's a long list of 'non-achievements mate.. Been in a Lions tour? Nope but me and No 1 have. Pulled on the fabled Coch a Gwyn for the senior Emlyn team? Fail. It's a litany of misses. |
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Link repaired !
Edited by scarletman - 27 March 2017 at 10:48am |
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