Italy linked with Celtic League
26 Mar 2009
Two Italian clubs are set to join an expanded Celtic League in 2010.
The Celtic Rugby Board has agreed in principle to introduce two Italian teams in time for the 2010-2011 season. The competition would therefore expand from 10 teams to 12.
“[The conditions] fall under main headings of playing and facility standards, finance and commercial including television. This will be a comprehensive process and will take some time,” said a Celtic Rugby statement.
“The board therefore decided that participation could not commence before the 2010-2011 season.”
SA Rugby was recently linked with a move to the Celtic League given their dissatisfaction with the proposed Sanzar expansion. If South African teams were to make the move, they’d be mixing it with Welsh, Scottish, Irish and Italian players on a weekly basis.
3 Comments
26 Mar 2009, 16:38 pm
excellent news for italian players, this will help them improve no end.
26 Mar 2009, 17:20 pm
‘If South African teams were to make the move, they’d be mixing it with Welsh, Scottish, Irish and Italian players on a weekly basis.’
They’d also be mixing it with the English and French club giants too as any move to the Magners League would likely involve participation in the Heineken Cup.
26 Mar 2009, 17:52 pm
#2 Big Hit: may just happen…
Have your say
You must be logged in to post a comment.