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2024 Guinness Six Nations
[2020 Six Nations] England vs Wales (07/03/20)
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<blockquote data-quote="Ragey Erasmus" data-source="post: 991883" data-attributes="member: 56232"><p>Ironic saying I can't count yet you couldn't even get the number right. Welsh teams have won the Celtic league / Pro 12 / Pro 14 on 3 occasions since 2007 inclusive, that is fewer ***les than Gatland has won in the 6N. However that is a more limited domestic tournament. Looking at average finishing in total for Welsh and Irish teams, there was not a single year in which teams averaged better finishing positions in the table than Ireland, with draws in 2 years. At European level where Wales are now also competing against English and French, Welsh clubs have only managed to get to the semi 2 times, never to the final and only had 10 teams reach the knockout stage, or less than 1 a year.</p><p></p><p>In comparison Gatland has been able to get Welsh players competing with teams that the regions are useless against, has won more ***les in a more difficult tournament and has had more consistent success. Also Gatland was appointed Welsh coach in November 2007, AFTER Ospreys won the league.</p><p></p><p>But y'know, Scarlets beating Bath somehow makes all the above irrelevant?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ragey Erasmus, post: 991883, member: 56232"] Ironic saying I can't count yet you couldn't even get the number right. Welsh teams have won the Celtic league / Pro 12 / Pro 14 on 3 occasions since 2007 inclusive, that is fewer ***les than Gatland has won in the 6N. However that is a more limited domestic tournament. Looking at average finishing in total for Welsh and Irish teams, there was not a single year in which teams averaged better finishing positions in the table than Ireland, with draws in 2 years. At European level where Wales are now also competing against English and French, Welsh clubs have only managed to get to the semi 2 times, never to the final and only had 10 teams reach the knockout stage, or less than 1 a year. In comparison Gatland has been able to get Welsh players competing with teams that the regions are useless against, has won more ***les in a more difficult tournament and has had more consistent success. Also Gatland was appointed Welsh coach in November 2007, AFTER Ospreys won the league. But y'know, Scarlets beating Bath somehow makes all the above irrelevant? [/QUOTE]
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