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<blockquote data-quote="TRF_heineken" data-source="post: 979329" data-attributes="member: 40658"><p>The thing is that this isn't really new news. I mean since I was in school, plenty of schoolboys went abroad to play rugby. Most of them didn't get university scholarships, or into a rugby academy and instead of their parents paying high fees for them to go to Uni they go abroad and play rugby, which in one way is the kid's way of helping their parents financially, while also becoming an independant adult.</p><p></p><p>One of my best friends went to Italy the day after he wrote his final matric exam to play rugby. He played for 2 different teams while he was there, and when he came back at the ripe age of 22, he played for SWD, while completing his marketing degree.</p><p></p><p>I guess the reason why this report is bothering people, is because of the caliber players that are going. It used to be the guys that are seen as lower on the totem pole.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TRF_heineken, post: 979329, member: 40658"] The thing is that this isn't really new news. I mean since I was in school, plenty of schoolboys went abroad to play rugby. Most of them didn't get university scholarships, or into a rugby academy and instead of their parents paying high fees for them to go to Uni they go abroad and play rugby, which in one way is the kid's way of helping their parents financially, while also becoming an independant adult. One of my best friends went to Italy the day after he wrote his final matric exam to play rugby. He played for 2 different teams while he was there, and when he came back at the ripe age of 22, he played for SWD, while completing his marketing degree. I guess the reason why this report is bothering people, is because of the caliber players that are going. It used to be the guys that are seen as lower on the totem pole. [/QUOTE]
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