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<blockquote data-quote="Every Time Ref" data-source="post: 935627" data-attributes="member: 71826"><p>As an outsider this is what I have never understood about the received wisdom that "Welsh fans don't support the regions". Surely it's fewer and fewer fans each year who even remember the days when The Ospreys didn't exist, and of those who remember surely most don't care?</p><p></p><p>A good friend (35yo) is from Swansea and supports the Ospreys, I've never heard him bemoan the loss of club rugby, I don't even know who he supported - if he even did. My cousins are in Pembrokeshire, they always supported Llanelli* and now they support Scarlets with no discernible bad feeling about the regional system. Surely these can't be minorities? It can't be that difficult to sell local professional rugby to people who like watching rugby can it? Maybe I'm being naive about the strength of feeling </p><p></p><p>*for those in the know: a ragdoll was apparently present at my aunt (near Bath) and uncle (Llanelli)'s wedding!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Every Time Ref, post: 935627, member: 71826"] As an outsider this is what I have never understood about the received wisdom that “Welsh fans don’t support the regions”. Surely it’s fewer and fewer fans each year who even remember the days when The Ospreys didn’t exist, and of those who remember surely most don’t care? A good friend (35yo) is from Swansea and supports the Ospreys, I’ve never heard him bemoan the loss of club rugby, I don’t even know who he supported - if he even did. My cousins are in Pembrokeshire, they always supported Llanelli* and now they support Scarlets with no discernible bad feeling about the regional system. Surely these can’t be minorities? It can’t be that difficult to sell local professional rugby to people who like watching rugby can it? Maybe I’m being naive about the strength of feeling *for those in the know: a ragdoll was apparently present at my aunt (near Bath) and uncle (Llanelli)’s wedding! [/QUOTE]
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