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<blockquote data-quote="Shaggy" data-source="post: 402011" data-attributes="member: 43400">... and now part two ... the conclusion <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />&nbsp;... New Zealand refuses to select players for the All Blacks who aren&#039;t playing in New Zealand to prevent a mass player exodus to European and Japanese clubs, and decimating New Zealand&#039;s domestic competition further - it&#039;s as simple as that. as for your sugestions about widening the pie, i&#039;m sure they are considering those options too ... I know that they were looking at the possibility of playing Ireland in New York as an idea last year&nbsp;&nbsp;Yes, in addition to the reasons i posted in my previous post about the PI teams choosing to play their home games in New Zealand, where the PI teams take the home revenue (pretty greedy of New Zealand huh?), let me just point out that while NZ did not see the value in putting high scores on PI nations and not deeming these matches test matches in previous years, they have regularly sent development sides etc to the Islands to play, and the New Zealand A side in the Pacific Nations cup each year until the NZFU had to disband that team, due to lack of funds (are you getting the recurring theme of not enough money in NZ Rugby here?)... There, now Ranger, CA Iverson, and myself have clarified the whole PI internationals situation for you, to varying degrees ... the facts do indeed speak for themselves, but sorry, they don&#039;t support your whole &quot;New Zealand is exploiting the Pacific Islands&quot; theory</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Shaggy, post: 402011, member: 43400"] ... and now part two ... the conclusion :) ... New Zealand refuses to select players for the All Blacks who aren't playing in New Zealand to prevent a mass player exodus to European and Japanese clubs, and decimating New Zealand's domestic competition further - it's as simple as that. as for your sugestions about widening the pie, i'm sure they are considering those options too ... I know that they were looking at the possibility of playing Ireland in New York as an idea last year Yes, in addition to the reasons i posted in my previous post about the PI teams choosing to play their home games in New Zealand, where the PI teams take the home revenue (pretty greedy of New Zealand huh?), let me just point out that while NZ did not see the value in putting high scores on PI nations and not deeming these matches test matches in previous years, they have regularly sent development sides etc to the Islands to play, and the New Zealand A side in the Pacific Nations cup each year until the NZFU had to disband that team, due to lack of funds (are you getting the recurring theme of not enough money in NZ Rugby here?) ... There, now Ranger, CA Iverson, and myself have clarified the whole PI internationals situation for you, to varying degrees ... the facts do indeed speak for themselves, but sorry, they don't support your whole "New Zealand is exploiting the Pacific Islands" theory [/QUOTE]

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