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<blockquote data-quote="ranger" data-source="post: 387402" data-attributes="member: 40555">The thing is, it doesn&#039;t say anywhere that a union is allowed to &quot;nominate&quot; who its second side is. If Wales doesn&#039;t draw any games for their A-side, they are choosing not to have a 2nd team, there is no mention of being able to choose a team to replace them. Edit: Upon further reading, the precedent deeming that age grade rugby doesn&#039;t count as senior rugby has already been set twice in South Africa. The first instance was when Clyde Rathbone transfered to Australia after previously captaining SA Under 21, the Emerging Springboks weren&#039;t active at the time so they would by default become the 2nd national team under Wales&#039;s interpretation. His move to Australia was upheld.The second was Brad Barritt, who was capped for England after not only playing for SA U21s, but also the Emerging Springboks. It was determined that neither of these teams counted as senior because of the age restriction factor. A senior team has to be within the grasp of every player in that country. It looks like Wales might lose these players once Connacht appeals</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ranger, post: 387402, member: 40555"] The thing is, it doesn't say anywhere that a union is allowed to "nominate" who its second side is. If Wales doesn't draw any games for their A-side, they are choosing not to have a 2nd team, there is no mention of being able to choose a team to replace them. Edit: Upon further reading, the precedent deeming that age grade rugby doesn't count as senior rugby has already been set twice in South Africa. The first instance was when Clyde Rathbone transfered to Australia after previously captaining SA Under 21, the Emerging Springboks weren't active at the time so they would by default become the 2nd national team under Wales's interpretation. His move to Australia was upheld. The second was Brad Barritt, who was capped for England after not only playing for SA U21s, but also the Emerging Springboks. It was determined that neither of these teams counted as senior because of the age restriction factor. A senior team has to be within the grasp of every player in that country. It looks like Wales might lose these players once Connacht appeals [/QUOTE]

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