French polynesians, Wallisians, Tahitians are hardly the same good hard quality as the Samoans, Tongans, Fijians and Cook Islanders. Yes they are Islanders but I dont feel that just because they're Islanders they're all the same. For example Samoans are quite a sporty race they have world renown boxers (David Tua, Jimmy Peau), shotput or disciss (Beatrice Faumuina), champion sumo wrestler (dont know his name), bodybuilder (Sonny Schmidt), NFL players (dont know their names), cricket (Ross Taylor), wrestling (the Rock, Umanga, Samoan Joe..), kickboxing (Ray Sefo), MMA (Mark Hunt), netball (to many to name), rugby league (too many to name) and finally (I think might have missed others) rugby. That is just Samoan world renown athletes alone none of those countries like Tahiti, Wallis and French poly have that same abundance of quality stock, Tongans too have athletes who are elite in these sports also, to a lesser extent so has the Cooks, Fijiians have tall muscley babies as well as Vijay Singh. What Im trying to say is that NZ and Australia will always have better stock of Islanders because we get Sa's, Tongans and so on. Its the type of Islanders that count they're not all the same.
French Islanders (French polynesia, Wallisians, Tahitians) ancestors would have known about rugby before the Islanders did. Very few of those French Islanders would have given it a go, maybe just not their type of thing which prolonged development of rugby with French Islanders.
NZ Islanders (Sa's, Tongans, Fijiians..etc) I'll call them NZ Islanders because NZ wasnt only one of the first countries to take them in but also where the Islanders learnt rugby, also NZ first introduced the world to Islanders playing rugby nationally and internationally.
Well anyway NZ islanders ancestors when they first learnt about rugby they could NOT WAIT to play, because they like full contact sports they were more then keen. Being foreigners and not so sure what english people were saying around them as well as the need to prove themselves and with a joy for contact sports, they couldnt wait for an oppertunity to smash someone and through rugby it was all legitiment, they couldnt believe their luck when they found rugby.
I think its great that French Islanders are playing rugby and they can play for whoever cares about them. But dont expect too much for them at the moment guys like Yann David are paving the way for future French Islanders which I feel is down the track. Besides France already has a wealth of great players, it may be hard for David to make the team.[/b]
