Allan Massie: Imports don’t improve national side
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PSTYLE=wint_web introTHERE’s no certain correlation between club and international performance.
Wales have been much stronger than Scotland in recent years and have a better Six Nations record than Ireland.
But Leinster, Munster, Ulster and, latterly, Glasgow have done better in the league than the Welsh regions.
This may be partly because of the long-running dispute between the four regional clubs and the Welsh Rugby Union, chief cause of which was the clubs’ complaint that they were being inadequately subsidised by the Union.
The peace deal just signed by which the WRU assumes financi…
Wales have been much stronger than Scotland in recent years and have a better Six Nations record than Ireland.
But Leinster, Munster, Ulster and, latterly, Glasgow have done better in the league than the Welsh regions.
This may be partly because of the long-running dispute between the four regional clubs and the Welsh Rugby Union, chief cause of which was the clubs’ complaint that they were being inadequately subsidised by the Union.
The peace deal just signed by which the WRU assumes financi…
