Chair of Sport Wales: Rugby vs football comment 鈥榙eliberately controversial鈥�
Laura McAllister, the chair of Sport Wales, said the comment she made about Welsh rugby vs Welsh football was 鈥渄eliberately controversial鈥�.
At the Hay Festival earlier this year, McAllister said that it would 鈥渄o more for Wales鈥� if the Welsh national football team qualify for France, than if the rugby team lift the World Cup next month.
She said she鈥檚 not 鈥渄owngrading the status of rugby鈥�, but suggesting there should not be a 鈥渄estructive rivalry鈥� between the two sports.
McAllister also said that Wales should concentrate on other sports to 鈥渄iversify its global image鈥� and added that football is a 鈥渕ore widely played sport鈥� in Wales than rugby.
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