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The Moana Pasifika Franchise

The Moana Pasifika Franchise

  • Gone in 2 years

    Votes: 21 35.6%
  • Very Cool

    Votes: 6 10.2%
  • Why the FUCK does NZRFU have to bankroll this bullshit?

    Votes: 5 8.5%
  • Will get the dregs of The Auckland Blues

    Votes: 12 20.3%
  • may as well just call it "The Southern Kings"

    Votes: 7 11.9%
  • "Players will come back from million $ Toulon contracts to play for free in bumhole Papatoetoe"

    Votes: 13 22.0%
  • This team will kick arse

    Votes: 3 5.1%
  • Gone in 10 years

    Votes: 7 11.9%
  • Least NZ Rugby could do after years of harvesting islands for talent.....

    Votes: 25 42.4%
  • .....Straya not exactly innocent there.....

    Votes: 14 23.7%

  • Total voters
    59

Dan54

David Wilson (68)
I'm pretty sure the NZRU nominated the AB XV as their "next senior fifteen-a-side National Representative Team of a Union" back in 2022, unless I'm mistaken.
I think you might of got that wrong mate, as per Wilson's pot above.
And asked google for confirmation, as we thought. I not sure if we have a capture team anymore, apart from ABs of course.

Players in the All Blacks XV can still be eligible to play for other nations, as the All Blacks XV is not considered a "capture" side by New Zealand Rugby (NZR). This means players who represent the All Blacks XV are not automatically tied to New Zealand and can still switch allegiance to a different country if they meet the eligibility criteria of that nation.
 
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