Ospreys Merger with Cardiff 19:48 - Jun 24 with 4773 views | Togg | Paper talk but that would be me done with Welsh Rugby at any level! In other words Cardiff( great region) would just ramsack our team. We have absolutely nothing in common and as regions and Cities polar opposites. We continue to be the poor relation in this area. Honestly I would rather merge with the Turks and that's saying something. At least we would keep first class Rugby in South West Wales and be able to develop players. https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-news/cardiff-ospreys-merger-talk | ![](/images/avatars/0.gif) | | | ![](/images/icons/ignore-user.png) |
Ospreys Merger with Cardiff on 20:03 - Jun 24 with 3508 views | onehunglow | Amen. It would be like joining Liverpool and Everton. I read Rugby could be done in five years . It’s possible Rugby League has big problems Not forgetting the racist,homophobic mega rich Saudis looking to take football over mainly as the game is greedy Ronaldo on 175million pa should not happen,yet I read it’s a short career etc,which is abject . | ![](/images/avatars/0.gif) |
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Ospreys Merger with Cardiff on 20:06 - Jun 24 with 3511 views | britferry | merge LOL they'll play in Cardiff and be called the Capitol Blues | ![](/images/avatars/0.gif) |
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Ospreys Merger with Cardiff on 20:16 - Jun 24 with 3499 views | Togg | This comment after Wales u20s lost 21 20 to New Zealand. Ospreys players excelling themselves. Well done to our U20s for a fantastic performance against the odds (a lot of us feared a cricket score defeat beforehand). But the elephant in the room is last nite's shocking story which appeared in various news outlets. Let us be clear here what is being proposed isnt a 'merger'...it would see the ospreys swallowed whole by Cardiff. The team would play in cardiff and be called 'Cardiff' 😡. It would mean an area which includes great historic rugby clubs like swansea, neath and aberavon would not be represented in the professional game. If the Ospreys owners agree to this it would represent a unforgivable beytrayal of ospreys supporters and every rugby playing community and club in the region the ospreys are meant to represent | ![](/images/avatars/0.gif) | | ![](/images/icons/ignore-user.png) |
Ospreys Merger with Cardiff on 20:19 - Jun 24 with 3496 views | EagleEye | If any Welsh region should disappear it should be Newport. They have been whipping boys for as long as the regional system has been in existence. Absurd suggestion, merge with Cardiff ffs !! | ![](/images/avatars/20217.gif) | | ![](/images/icons/ignore-user.png) |
Ospreys Merger with Cardiff on 20:23 - Jun 24 with 3485 views | onehunglow |
Ospreys Merger with Cardiff on 20:19 - Jun 24 by EagleEye | If any Welsh region should disappear it should be Newport. They have been whipping boys for as long as the regional system has been in existence. Absurd suggestion, merge with Cardiff ffs !! |
100% agreed And some want welsh “ independence” That would just mean Cardiff and the rest of Wales can F.O. Wake the fook up. My Gid,have jacks no pride any more ? [Post edited 24 Jun 2023 20:26]
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Ospreys Merger with Cardiff on 20:25 - Jun 24 with 3481 views | Togg |
Ospreys Merger with Cardiff on 20:03 - Jun 24 by onehunglow | Amen. It would be like joining Liverpool and Everton. I read Rugby could be done in five years . It’s possible Rugby League has big problems Not forgetting the racist,homophobic mega rich Saudis looking to take football over mainly as the game is greedy Ronaldo on 175million pa should not happen,yet I read it’s a short career etc,which is abject . |
Would the Christians and Moslems form one religion. Would the Protestants and Catholics go to the same Church on a Sunday in Northern Ireland. To me this sounds similar but different to Cardiff kidnapping Glamorgan cricket. | ![](/images/avatars/0.gif) | | ![](/images/icons/ignore-user.png) |
Ospreys Merger with Cardiff on 20:28 - Jun 24 with 3477 views | Togg |
Ospreys Merger with Cardiff on 20:19 - Jun 24 by EagleEye | If any Welsh region should disappear it should be Newport. They have been whipping boys for as long as the regional system has been in existence. Absurd suggestion, merge with Cardiff ffs !! |
Newport were decent in the 1950' and won the inaugural WRU Schweppes cup. After that fork all! Pontypool were the major force in Gwent and had a big following. | ![](/images/avatars/0.gif) | | ![](/images/icons/ignore-user.png) |
Ospreys Merger with Cardiff on 21:23 - Jun 24 with 3450 views | Kilkennyjack | What a dull suggestion. Scarlets and Ospreys would be better, if they can only fund 2 or 3 teams. Indy Wales would have the economic success in the EU to fund 4 teams. Thats for OHL. | ![](/images/avatars/9736.gif) |
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Ospreys Merger with Cardiff on 21:23 - Jun 24 with 3448 views | Whiterockin | Regional rugby. Where did it go wrong, it works well in Ireland. | ![](/images/avatars/9155.gif) | | ![](/images/icons/ignore-user.png) |
Ospreys Merger with Cardiff on 22:02 - Jun 24 with 3413 views | onehunglow |
Ospreys Merger with Cardiff on 21:23 - Jun 24 by Kilkennyjack | What a dull suggestion. Scarlets and Ospreys would be better, if they can only fund 2 or 3 teams. Indy Wales would have the economic success in the EU to fund 4 teams. Thats for OHL. |
I want Swansea to have had a team . It IS a region. | ![](/images/avatars/0.gif) |
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Ospreys Merger with Cardiff on 22:03 - Jun 24 with 3412 views | onehunglow |
Ospreys Merger with Cardiff on 20:25 - Jun 24 by Togg | Would the Christians and Moslems form one religion. Would the Protestants and Catholics go to the same Church on a Sunday in Northern Ireland. To me this sounds similar but different to Cardiff kidnapping Glamorgan cricket. |
Good point. Peace between Arab and Jew. I smell the Book of Leviticus | ![](/images/avatars/0.gif) |
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Ospreys Merger with Cardiff on 22:04 - Jun 24 with 3410 views | onehunglow |
Ospreys Merger with Cardiff on 21:23 - Jun 24 by Whiterockin | Regional rugby. Where did it go wrong, it works well in Ireland. |
Ireland has four specific regions Always has | ![](/images/avatars/0.gif) |
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Ospreys Merger with Cardiff on 22:14 - Jun 24 with 3409 views | SullutaCreturned |
Ospreys Merger with Cardiff on 21:23 - Jun 24 by Kilkennyjack | What a dull suggestion. Scarlets and Ospreys would be better, if they can only fund 2 or 3 teams. Indy Wales would have the economic success in the EU to fund 4 teams. Thats for OHL. |
Indy Wales wouldn't be in the EU for a long time, we'd have nothing and nobody to turn to. The other part is wrong too. Regional rugby is failing because the fans are not taking to the new regions. Neath fans hated playing in Swansea so stopped going. if there are to be regions they should be new regions and the old clubs system put back in place. Then have a South West, South East and a central region with all 3 going to play in a combined English/Welsh/Scottish super league. In my opinion. | ![](/images/avatars/0.gif) | | ![](/images/icons/ignore-user.png) |
Ospreys Merger with Cardiff on 22:20 - Jun 24 with 3398 views | onehunglow |
Ospreys Merger with Cardiff on 22:14 - Jun 24 by SullutaCreturned | Indy Wales wouldn't be in the EU for a long time, we'd have nothing and nobody to turn to. The other part is wrong too. Regional rugby is failing because the fans are not taking to the new regions. Neath fans hated playing in Swansea so stopped going. if there are to be regions they should be new regions and the old clubs system put back in place. Then have a South West, South East and a central region with all 3 going to play in a combined English/Welsh/Scottish super league. In my opinion. |
I hated Swansea being attached to Neath. What Jack would want a bunch of village tugs tagged to them. We played in virtual black. First and second city pre eminent,the rest are confetti. No offence | ![](/images/avatars/0.gif) |
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Ospreys Merger with Cardiff on 22:42 - Jun 24 with 3392 views | Kilkennyjack |
Ospreys Merger with Cardiff on 22:20 - Jun 24 by onehunglow | I hated Swansea being attached to Neath. What Jack would want a bunch of village tugs tagged to them. We played in virtual black. First and second city pre eminent,the rest are confetti. No offence |
Not the words i might use, but the bottom line is correct. You start with Swansea and Cardiff. And then decide how many other regions you can afford to fund. | ![](/images/avatars/9736.gif) |
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Ospreys Merger with Cardiff on 22:56 - Jun 24 with 3380 views | max936 |
Ospreys Merger with Cardiff on 21:23 - Jun 24 by Kilkennyjack | What a dull suggestion. Scarlets and Ospreys would be better, if they can only fund 2 or 3 teams. Indy Wales would have the economic success in the EU to fund 4 teams. Thats for OHL. |
Never in a month of Sundays would that work, f the turks. [Post edited 25 Jun 2023 10:16]
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Ospreys Merger with Cardiff on 23:32 - Jun 24 with 3367 views | builthjack | A few more people through the gate would help. | ![](/images/avatars/11048.gif) |
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Ospreys Merger with Cardiff on 06:41 - Jun 25 with 3321 views | Kilkennyjack |
Ospreys Merger with Cardiff on 22:14 - Jun 24 by SullutaCreturned | Indy Wales wouldn't be in the EU for a long time, we'd have nothing and nobody to turn to. The other part is wrong too. Regional rugby is failing because the fans are not taking to the new regions. Neath fans hated playing in Swansea so stopped going. if there are to be regions they should be new regions and the old clubs system put back in place. Then have a South West, South East and a central region with all 3 going to play in a combined English/Welsh/Scottish super league. In my opinion. |
The new regions have existed since 2003. The old club game was nowhere near the regional pro level. Those days are gone. A return to the club game will not result in big crowds like years ago. Those days are long gone. | ![](/images/avatars/9736.gif) |
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Ospreys Merger with Cardiff on 08:12 - Jun 25 with 3285 views | onehunglow |
Ospreys Merger with Cardiff on 22:56 - Jun 24 by max936 | Never in a month of Sundays would that work, f the turks. [Post edited 25 Jun 2023 10:16]
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Used to go to the Glen. Not a great fan of them myself. They hated Jacks. No Llanelli person would refer to themselves as a Jack | ![](/images/avatars/0.gif) |
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Ospreys Merger with Cardiff on 09:21 - Jun 25 with 3252 views | blackswan |
Ospreys Merger with Cardiff on 20:25 - Jun 24 by Togg | Would the Christians and Moslems form one religion. Would the Protestants and Catholics go to the same Church on a Sunday in Northern Ireland. To me this sounds similar but different to Cardiff kidnapping Glamorgan cricket. |
I used to be a regular down St. Helens in fact .most of Glamorgan support was this end. Have only been once since we were betrayed. Wru clueless if they think this is a good idea | ![](/images/avatars/0.gif) | | ![](/images/icons/ignore-user.png) |
Ospreys Merger with Cardiff on 09:42 - Jun 25 with 3239 views | Boundy | The first line of the second paragraph sums everything that's wrong in Wales ,regardless of the topic it always falls back to sucking everything that Wales has into that one entity called the capital, nothing else matters be it sport , jobs , development transport or health care . Swansea and its environs has a great sporting history be cricket ,rugby football etc the first ones gone to Cardiff ,the second is being discussed and for those with a longer memory didn't Sam at the scum thought only they should be considered as the only club of value | ![](/images/avatars/0.gif) |
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Ospreys Merger with Cardiff on 09:48 - Jun 25 with 3232 views | onehunglow |
Ospreys Merger with Cardiff on 09:42 - Jun 25 by Boundy | The first line of the second paragraph sums everything that's wrong in Wales ,regardless of the topic it always falls back to sucking everything that Wales has into that one entity called the capital, nothing else matters be it sport , jobs , development transport or health care . Swansea and its environs has a great sporting history be cricket ,rugby football etc the first ones gone to Cardiff ,the second is being discussed and for those with a longer memory didn't Sam at the scum thought only they should be considered as the only club of value |
The real traditional strength of welsh cricket was always in the west . Cardiff a nonentity. And a putative capital of a United,independent Wales. The very reason Wales should never go Indy . Better we had Caernarfon as a capital . Imagine it. Coffis as capital cousins | ![](/images/avatars/0.gif) |
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Ospreys Merger with Cardiff on 10:15 - Jun 25 with 3219 views | max936 |
Ospreys Merger with Cardiff on 22:20 - Jun 24 by onehunglow | I hated Swansea being attached to Neath. What Jack would want a bunch of village tugs tagged to them. We played in virtual black. First and second city pre eminent,the rest are confetti. No offence |
"What Jack would want a bunch of village tugs tagged to them." That's a bit out of order R, Would you have preferred Llanelli? | ![](/images/avatars/9760.gif) |
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Ospreys Merger with Cardiff on 10:25 - Jun 25 with 3190 views | Dr_Winston | The bottom line is that there just isn't enough interest in Rugby in the city to sustain a team at the highest level without massive subsidy from the WRU, subsidy which they're not getting any more. You can't expect to be a top side when you can barely quarter fill the stadium that you play in. These days for most people in Wales Rugby is an excuse for a pissup on Six Nations days and nothing more. If the National team start struggling we'll be back at the point where tickets were being sold in Tesco. | ![](/images/avatars/8802.gif) |
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Ospreys Merger with Cardiff on 10:25 - Jun 25 with 3195 views | Togg | I've said before the WRU are itching to get rid of the Ospreys. The most successful region, the only attempt at a region and the side which continuosly supplies the most players to the Welsh system. It should really be Cardiff and Newport merging. Welsh Rugby seems to continuously get itself into a mess. | ![](/images/avatars/0.gif) | | ![](/images/icons/ignore-user.png) |
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