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Yeah sure - it's NZ fault that Australian rugby can't compete o_O

Can't wait to see him and Caleb lining up for the Blues :)

Again, it's a bit rich to change the rules so that it detrimentally effects these Island nations and then turn around and tell them they need to take some personal responsibility for their decisions. The notion that representing a country is and should be about having your "heart 100% in it"...

Well Jack Lam didn't get a contract because he choose to go to this World Cup.

There would be very few players, if any, who have Samoa as their first choice if they could also play for the All Blacks or Australia, England etc. The reality is that Samoa is already 2nd choice because the money gap is MASSIVE. Not just in terms of getting paid by the ABs or Samoa but how much...

If they are dual - then they are Samoan.

Really? That whole saga is completely the fault of one person - Israel Folau. Castle has shown the kind of backbone in that situation that was probably needed when Ewen McKenzie was coach.

Should we all be judged in our current job by what we did at our previous job?

Actually, the ONLY 'reason' that has been given is the opinion that it devalues the jersey. Again, no proof or evidence provided for this claim, just an assertion that it is so. I say that Michael Jones, Frank Bunce and Brad Thorn have all worn multiple jerseys and I'm curious to know if any of...

Of course - telling Samoans that they aren't Samoan is OK. Yeah - casual racism is OK here.

One might argue that since Castle's tenure, the future of Australian rugby has not looked better with success in the U20 and Schoolboy teams that have not been seen for a loooong time.

I wasn't sure about TNW - did he play 7's for NZ? I could have googled it - LOL

I'm not sure if you have read the thread but someone tried to make the case that My point was that World Rugby does not give equal votes to the countries with darker skin and that no-one in the Exec Committee has darker skin. I don't really know what you're talking about when you say "white...

If Samoa, Tonga and Fiji had even half of the resource and infrastructure of Tier 1 nations, they would be in the Top 8. Again, every team in the Top 8 bar the Boks, have Pacific Island players. The rules were re-done and bent to suit the Tier 1 nations so I don't see why they can't be bent back.

Do you have internet? Get Kayo - 2 week free trial I think.

Exactly.Pretending that the choice between playing for Samoa or NZ is equal is either ignorance or arrogance. As is trying to dictate to players that they must choose to only ever be identified with one nationality. As much as some people might like to box Pacific Islanders into their small...

I get it. You are quite happy for the best pacific players to compete - so long as it's for the countries that pay them. Who just happen to largely be the white countries. No one has provided a valid reason for why players shouldn't be able to switch. The 'devalue' jersey argument has been...

The man who is most likely to take the fall in the face of defeat - particularly at a RWC - doesn't represent the country? You've got it around the wrong way - being at the press conference doesn't make him a representative. He's at the press conference BECAUSE he is a representative. And...

Coaches don't represent their countries?? That is not a bright argument. There are 2 guys at the press conferences before and after every game representing the country and the coach is one of them. Nonu is Samoan. As for World Rugby: Ten unions each have three votes and two delegates...

First off, you can fuck off with your condescending BS of me being 'triggered'. Second, I'm not really fussed with your imaginary situation. If that person really wants to represent Tonga because their great grandmother is Tongan, it's not a problem to me. But right now, that's all it is - an...