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Wales gives Canada the brushoff
by Scott Gilbreath ~ November 14th, 2008
Canada’s rugby team is playing Wales tonight in Cardiff in front of over 50,000 paying customers. Canada asked for a pittance from the proceeds to help fund the team, but the Welsh Rugby Union turned us down flat.
Sounds like an international incident in the making.
Wales have sold more than 50,000 tickets for tonight’s rugby friendly against Canada at the Millennium Stadium but have refused to give their hard-up visitors a tiny percentage of the gate receipts. Canada asked for 50p from every ticket sold, which would have amounted to little more than £25,000.
The plea has been turned down by the Welsh Rugby Union, which will gross £17m from the four internationals played in Cardiff this month. The WRU, meanwhile, has been granted £70,000 from a special International Rugby Board fund set up to help developing rugby nations such as Canada.
Hey, Wales, I know the British pound is in the toilet these days, but that’s no excuse for being inhospitable to the visiting team.
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