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Page 2 of 2 I Had A Dream (from Pontypridd Observer, 03/10/06) Last night I had a dream (or maybe, our Turkish cousins down West would say a nightmare!). Llanelli RFC goes bust and Stradey Park is turned into a roller disco with a looping Sospan Fach. Their best players are sold off like meat on Ponty market, most of them to Cardiff and the rest farmed out to Wrexham or Istanbul. Ahh, such a vivid dream, deja-vu in fact... yes, it's almost like we've seen this kind of thing before!?
And then of course there is Newport (I would call them Gwent, but they don’t like that!). I hear from a blazered dickie bird that they are also in deep doo-doo, financially speaking. So does that same fate await them!? And what about the Ospreys? Those fearless fish eaters that they are now that Brent Cockbain’s allotment has shut down, lagging behind expectations for yet another season. It’s all down to the coach I say.
Anyway, you may be past caring about what fate might await these other "regions", but what does this all mean to us?
I know, you all shout in unison – our beloved Cardiff Blues, or should that be Cardiff Who’s? I mean, lets be fair, what sane man, woman, child, mangy dog or ginger-wigged icon could support a region, sorry I mean club, whose main aim is world domination with an ex-Aberdare prop at the helm and a large cheque book as their plan to grab success. Some might call it ambition, some might call it blasphemy, the rest of the rugby speaking world call it unfair.
Yes, I want the Scarlets to go bust… and Newport too… just so they know how we feel here in the Valleys! The significant other, i.e. the majority of the population of our proud nation, the now silenced majority, the real rugby fans, the passionate, rugby loving communities in the Valleys that the BBC abandoned as quickly as an Antipodean Muppet might leave a re-floated ship with record profits.
So with the WRU in profit again, what do they do with their cash? Yes, that’s right they dish out £300,000 to each of the three clubs and the one merger at the start of the new season. Money that Cardiff used to pay for Ben Blair – the ex-All Black with not a single Ponty development bone in his body. Let me spell this out a little clearer. That is £1.2 million that could have been used to keep the Celtic Warriors alive.
And on the telly the other week I saw a lovely heart-warming story about the poor rugby people in North Wales struggling to travel 32,000 miles every week, via donkey and cart to play in a league which you wouldn’t call “top-flight” even if you did wear Blue and Black on your weekend out of the funny farm.
And finally there is Leighton Samuels, the man who gave the Warriors to the WRU. He’s taking them to court over their handling of the affair. Am I the only one who sees a solution to Welsh rugby’s problems? The Valley Commando’s! The Glamorgan Gladiators! Or Celtic Warriors II – the sequel.
Kids will have heroes again, dads will stop crying into their beer every weekend and the DIY stores profits may fall. So yes, I want the Turks and Dragons to suffer because without MY rugby team beating Bath, Leicester, Munster and Wasps I feel that my people are poorer, my culture has been crushed and that Wales has been let down.
Ask yourself this – if push comes to shove, will the WRU let the Scarlets go down the toilet the same way they flushed valley hopes and dreams away?
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