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Saw this in a Rugby365 comments section and thought it may be an interesting thing to discuss (Thanks to Baylion if you read this). His methodology was going through the team's Wikipedia pages and looking at the nationality of each player in the squad (Given this is Wikipedia, there will be some innaccuracy, but in this situation I think this is likely to give a fair sense of who is where).
Data only reflects players in Japan Top League, Pro 14 (excluding Cheetahs and Kings for SA), Top 14 and AP.
Unsurprising that SA tops the list, but interesting to see how close NZ follows behind. I'm interested in that Japan number though because I know a number of players from SA who play in Japan also play locally so it isn't really a loss, is that the case for other countries as well?