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<blockquote data-quote="Darwin" data-source="post: 550661" data-attributes="member: 24910"><p>As I understand it this was purely a financial decision. I can't find the article at the moment, but Highlanders management are quoted as saying they always planed to only pick 31 players no matter whether Thomson was available or not. I think the NZRFU regulations state the franchises need to have between 30-32 players, so having 31 players is just a way to save a bit of money (they can't get Thomson now anyways unless he re-signs for the NZRFU, which isn't going to happen...).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Darwin, post: 550661, member: 24910"] As I understand it this was purely a financial decision. I can't find the article at the moment, but Highlanders management are quoted as saying they always planed to only pick 31 players no matter whether Thomson was available or not. I think the NZRFU regulations state the franchises need to have between 30-32 players, so having 31 players is just a way to save a bit of money (they can't get Thomson now anyways unless he re-signs for the NZRFU, which isn't going to happen...). [/QUOTE]
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