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I guess we're going to have to disagree on a lot of issues. For me, the NIQ situation in Irish rugby is pretty much what it should be> Enough foreign talent is allowed in to fill any gaps while not holding back Irish players. The job of the provinces is to supply the national team, so allowing unrestricted signing of foreign players would be counter productive. Considering that the IRFU supply most of the provinces' finance, it's a situation that's not going to change. I can see where you're coming from though. As an Argentina fan, you want to see your players play at as high a level as possible and countries that restrict the possibilities of Argentine players getting game time must be very irritating.As for Galazra being better than Toner, I saw no evidence for that during his time at Leinster. He did little in his time with the senior team and was equally unimpressive with the 'A' team as Snoopy eluded to. I don't think Toner was prefered to Galazra due to nationality tbh. Joe Schmidt had no problem picking Hines over Toner, Van Der Merwe over Healy, Strauss over Harris-Wright or Nacewa over some of the back three options. If he had been good enough he would have been in the 23. IMO he wasn't.
I guess we're going to have to disagree on a lot of issues. For me, the NIQ situation in Irish rugby is pretty much what it should be> Enough foreign talent is allowed in to fill any gaps while not holding back Irish players. The job of the provinces is to supply the national team, so allowing unrestricted signing of foreign players would be counter productive. Considering that the IRFU supply most of the provinces' finance, it's a situation that's not going to change. I can see where you're coming from though. As an Argentina fan, you want to see your players play at as high a level as possible and countries that restrict the possibilities of Argentine players getting game time must be very irritating.
As for Galazra being better than Toner, I saw no evidence for that during his time at Leinster. He did little in his time with the senior team and was equally unimpressive with the 'A' team as Snoopy eluded to. I don't think Toner was prefered to Galazra due to nationality tbh. Joe Schmidt had no problem picking Hines over Toner, Van Der Merwe over Healy, Strauss over Harris-Wright or Nacewa over some of the back three options. If he had been good enough he would have been in the 23. IMO he wasn't.