Pick a XV of your club with XV different countries

[Croket66]

Not so easy tbh ...

I tried for Wasps


1- Zurab Zhvania (Georgia)
2- Trevor Leota (Samoa)
3- Lorenzo Cittadini (Italy)
4- Simon Shaw (England)
5- Norm Hadley (Canada)
6- George Smith (Australia)
7- Serge Betsen (France)
8- Thomas Young (Wales)
9- Eoin Reddan (Ireland)
10- Lima Sopoaga (New Zealand)
11- Kenny Logan (Scotland)
12- Gabriele Lovobalavu (Fiji)
13- Paul Emerick (USA)
14- Will Helu (Tonga)
15- Willie Le Roux (South Africa)


Sale Sharks
1- Alberto de Marchi (Italy)
2- Shalva Mamukashvili (Georgia)
3- Vadim Cobilas (Moldova)
4- Andrei Ostrikov (Russia)
5- Richie Gray (Scotland)
6- Sisa Koyamaibole (Fiji)
7- Juan Martín Fernández Lobbe (Argentina)
8- Sebastien Chabal (France)
9- Peter Stringer (Ireland)
10- Mike Hercus (USA)
11- Mark Cueto (England)
12- Luke McAlister (New Zealand)
13- Daffyd James (Wales)
14- Oriol Ripol (Spain)
15- James O'Connor (Australia)

 

[TRF_Olyy]

1. Alberto Di Marchi (Italy)
2. Shalva Mamukashvili (Georgia)
3. Vadim Cobilas (Moldova)
4. Andrei Ostrikov (Russia)
5. Jason White (Scotland)
6. Jean-Luc Du Preez (South Africa)
7. Dan Braid (NZ)
8. Sebastien Chabal (France)
9. Peter Stringer (Ireland)
10. AJ MacGinty (USA)
11. Oriol Ripol (Spain)
12. Lee Thomas (Wales)
13. Johnny Leota (Samoa)
14. Jason Robinson (England)
15. James O'Connor (Aus)


Ez

 

[Leonormous Boozer]

1. Fosi Pala'amo (Sam) (No idea - robbed from Wikipedia)
2.
3. Stan Wright (Cook Islands)
4. Adam Byrnes (Rus) (Shite)
5. Nathan Hines (Sco)
6. Rocky Elsom (Aus)
7.
8.
9.
10. Felipe Contepomi (Arg)
11. James Lowe (NZ)
12. Ben Te'o (Eng)
13. Brian O'Driscoll (Irl)
14. Zane Kirchner (SA)
15. Isa Nacewa (Fij)

Thats the best I can do. No idea who 1. Is and was only reminded of 4. From wiki.

Proud to have never had a Welshman.

 

[Scotty]

1. Any thorghts as ive drawn a blank.
2. Taione. Tonga?
3. Francais. Wales
4. Kirsten. SA
5. Dennis. AUS
6. Vermeulen. SA
7. Salvi. Somewhere
8. Skinner. Scotland
9. White. Aus
10. Steeno. Ire
11. Cuthbert. Wales
12. Whitten. Ire
13. Campanero. Italy
14. Dollman. Wales
15. Hogg. Scotland

 

[Scotty]

1. Alberto Di Marchi (Italy)
2. Shalva Mamukashvili (Georgia)
3. Vadim Cobilas (Moldova)
4. Andrei Ostrikov (Russia)
5. Jason White (Scotland)
6. Jean-Luc Du Preez (South Africa)
7. Dan Braid (NZ)
8. Sebastien Chabal (France)
9. Peter Stringer (Ireland)
10. AJ MacGinty (USA)
11. Oriol Ripol (Spain)
12. Lee Thomas (Wales)
13. Johnny Leota (Samoa)
14. Jason Robinson (England)
15. James O'Connor (Aus)


Ez

Sale SA pack.

1.
2. Van de merwe
3. Ooasthazen (how ever you spell it)
4. L du preez
5. De Jager
6. Ross
7.
8. D Du Preez

Anyone i have missed to full un the gaps?

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Sale SA pack.

1.
2. Van de merwe
3. Ooasthazen (how ever you spell it)
4. L du preez
5. De Jager
6. Ross
7.
8. D Du Preez

Anyone i have missed to full un the gaps?

If you're including past players then move Oosthuizen to 1 and put Mujati at 3, Hendre Fourie at 7

 

[Scotty]

What about your squad XV without foreign players? Could your team compete? How much do you rely on the non EQPs?

Hepburn
LCD
Williams
Hill
Lonsdale
Ewers
Armand
SSimmonds
Townsend
JSimmonds
Woodburn
Devoto
Slade
O'Flaherty
Nowell(still better than some other options)

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Harrison, Webber, John
Philips, Beaumont
Curry, Curry, Ross
Cliff, Curtis
Yarde, James, James, Solomona,
Hammersley

 

[RedruthRFC]

1. Any thorghts as ive drawn a blank./QUOTE]

I've come up with quite a few props qualified for other countries, but all of them have been tightheads. The closest I can get is Billy Keast (Cornwall).

Re: the other picks, you can cut out quite a few duplicates by calling Ewers Zimbabwean, shoehorning Botha (Namibia) in and picking a Fijian and a Samoan. Also, theres Will Hooley (USA).

Obviously it's a matter of opinion, but if you're picking an Aussie second row, I'd have thought that Mumm would be the obvious choice. Also surprising given that you have no Argentinians, I'd have thought that Cordero would be an auto-pick ahead of the two Welshmen.

 

[Pieter Steph du Teague]

I think Schickerling (Namibia) has played a reasonable bit of loosehead before.

 

[EdBirch]

1 Appiah (Italy)
2 Taufete'e (USA)
3 Gordas (Romania)
4 Cavubati (Fiji)
5 O'Callaghan (Ireland)
6 Senatore (Argentina)
7 Mama (Zimbabwe)
8 Horstmann (England)
9 Hougaard (SA)
10 Weir (Scotland)
11 Heem (NZ)
12 Luscombe (Wales)
13 Rasmussen (Samoa)
14 Vuna (Tonga)
15 Latham (Aus)

Not going to lie, that took a lot of work

 

[Groundhog]

I know this is a Prem thread but interesting exercise.
1. Mario Sagario (Uruguay)
2. Rhys Marshall (NZ)
3. Freddie Pucciarello (Italy)
4. John Langford (Aus)
5. Chris Wyatt (Wal) and people say Munster are hard up now?
6. John Quill (USA) completely Irish, but hey who's counting. Was in our academy, was cut and went on to play in America. I could do this in a few positions.
7. Arno Botha (SA)
8. ?
9. Peter Stringer (Ireland) why not
10. Shane O'Leary (Canada) massively cheating here as I don't know if he was even in our academy but played underage, was from Tipp and now Canada international.
11. Lucas Amorosino (Arg) probably one of the most low effort signings we've had but hey I'm desperate.
12. Brian Lima (Sam) Never played for us lol
13. Lifemi Mafi (Tonga) cheating here and potentially sparking another eligibility thread.
14. ?
15. Mike Haley (Eng) we've never had an English international, so this feller will have to count.

I think that's about it. Now we've had a Scot in Gordon McIlwham, but no space in the front row and the tiebreaker goes to the injury joker with the funny moustache.
Have I missed anything?

 

[Every Time Ref]

Bath:

1. Anthony Perinise (Samoa)
2. Nathan Charles (Australia)
3. Lucas Noguera (Argentina)
4. David Sisi (Italy)
5. Luke Charteris (Wales)
6. Amenaki Mafi (Japan)
7. Francois Louw (SA)
8. Dan Lyle (USA)
9. Peter Stringer (Ireland)
10. Stephen Donald (NZ)
11. Adedayo Adebayo (Nigeria)*
12. Josh Matavesi (Fiji)
14. Jeremy Guscott (England)
15. Cooper Vuna (Tonga)
16. Simon Danielli (Scotland)

* played for England but Nigerian by birth and parentage

I'll admit to using Google a lot, but pleased to say I didn't need to include anyone I'd never heard of, like the Romanian prop I found on Wikipedia whose name I've already forgotten.

 

[Leonormous Boozer]

1. Fosi Pala'amo (Sam) (No idea - robbed from Wikipedia)
2.
3. Stan Wright (Cook Islands)
4. Adam Byrnes (Rus) (Shite)
5. Nathan Hines (Sco)
6. Rocky Elsom (Aus)
7.
8. Victor Costello (Ire)
9.
10. AJ McGinty (USA)
11. James Lowe (NZ)
12. Felipe Contepomi (Arg)
13. Ben Te'o (Eng)
14. Zane Kirchner (SA)
15. Isa Nacewa (Fij)

Thats the best I can do. No idea who 1. Is and was only reminded of 4. From wiki.

Proud to have never had a Welshman.

Wee update following Groundhogs loopholes

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Wee update following Groundhogs loopholes

Did AJ ever play for Leinster? I thought he went to America straight outta school

 

[Not Mike Brown's Sock]

1. Botta
2. Woods
3. Kerrod
4. Horwill
5.
6. Lasike
7. Kunatani
8 Bothma
9 hidalgo-clyne
10 evans
11 Visser (he can be Dutch)
12 Roberts
13 Alofa
14
15 Brown

Really struggled with quin's...

 

[Leonormous Boozer]

Did AJ ever play for Leinster? I thought he went to America straight outta school

Nah, don't even know if he played schools. Just very loose rules above.

 

[Umaga's Witness]

Hurricanes:
1. Toby smith (aus)
5. Inoke afeaki (Tonga)
6. Brad shields (England)
7. Martin Leslie (Scotland)
9. Isaac boss (Ireland)
10. Stephen bachop (Samoa)
11. Lomé fa'atau (Fiji, cheating a bit here because while he was eligible for Fiji, nz, and Samoa, it was Samoa he chose.)
12. Hadleigh parkes (Wales)
13. Tana umaga (nz)
14. Kobus van wyk (sa)
15. Jayden Hayward (Italy)

 

[Umaga's Witness]

Off the top of my head (which no doubt is not where memories are stored) , compared to the hurricanes

Blues have USA, Japan, not Ireland, South Africa, Australia, Italy, scotland

Chiefs have Canada, Japan, France, not South Africa, scotland, Wales, England, italy

Highlanders have Japan, not Wales, Ireland, South africa, italy

Crusaders have Japan, not Wales, Tonga?, Italy, South Africa, Australia, ireland

So, I can make a 15 out of the hurricanes, chiefs, blues

1. Toby smith (aus)
2. Sean fitzpatrick (nz)
3. Ben tameifuna (Tonga)
4. Tyler ardron (canada)
5. Api naevo (fiji)
6. Tony Lambourn (USA)
7. Martin Leslie (Scotland)
8. Michael leitch (Japan)
9. Isaac boss (Ireland)
10. Piers francis (england)
11. Lome faatau (samoa.)
12. Hadleigh parkes (Wales)
13. Tony marsh (france)
14. Kobus van wyk (sa)
15. Jayden Hayward (Italy)

It is notable that all of the above have played for their listed nation in an international match at some level, and that only 5 or maybe 6 of them, including Sean fitzpatrick, were born in the listed nation.

 

[Umaga's Witness]

Hurricanes:
1. Toby smith (aus)
5. Inoke afeaki (Tonga)
6. Brad shields (England)
7. Martin Leslie (Scotland)
9. Isaac boss (Ireland)
10. Stephen bachop (Samoa)
12. Hadleigh parkes (Wales)
13. Tana umaga (nz)
14. Kobus van wyk (sa)
15. Jayden Hayward (Italy)

Edit: name mixup there, it was Silosi tagicakibau who was half Fijian, not Lome faatau, and tagicakibau didn't play for the hurricanes