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<blockquote data-quote="Leonormous Boozer" data-source="post: 720964" data-attributes="member: 45598"><p>My turn...</p><p></p><p>The primary factor for SH players to move to France is Money. Look at the French soccer league, they struglle immensely to attract the players England does despite being better in recent years, this will not change. French clubs also offer more money than Pro 12 clubs and Premiership clubs for the most part it's not a level playing field and Pro 12 sides generally are restricted to the number of foreign players they can have anyway. </p><p></p><p>Secondary factors are totally subbjective, there'll be as many who go to France and love the food, culture and weather as there would be who hate it, if you can't accept that it's pure nativity or ignorance. Ireland and Britain both rely heavily on tourism and I personally haven't met a tourist in Ireland or someone who hasn't visited a Ireland who don't give it rave reviews, if money wasn't a factor Irish provinces could pull in players like Piatau far more often than we do because as many young rugby players would be pulled by the welcoming nature and craic around here as the beaches et al that comes with France. </p><p></p><p>Thirdly, how many New Zealanders, South Africans and Australians do you really find in France that aren't rugby players? Most of them set up in London because that's where the money is...</p><p></p><p>Not an attack on France, I love the place and would live in Toulouse or Toulon over Belfast or Limerick given the opportunity but that's just me! I'd also love to visit SA, far more appealing than the Far East to me, one of the many redundant topics of this thread.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Leonormous Boozer, post: 720964, member: 45598"] My turn... The primary factor for SH players to move to France is Money. Look at the French soccer league, they struglle immensely to attract the players England does despite being better in recent years, this will not change. French clubs also offer more money than Pro 12 clubs and Premiership clubs for the most part it's not a level playing field and Pro 12 sides generally are restricted to the number of foreign players they can have anyway. Secondary factors are totally subbjective, there'll be as many who go to France and love the food, culture and weather as there would be who hate it, if you can't accept that it's pure nativity or ignorance. Ireland and Britain both rely heavily on tourism and I personally haven't met a tourist in Ireland or someone who hasn't visited a Ireland who don't give it rave reviews, if money wasn't a factor Irish provinces could pull in players like Piatau far more often than we do because as many young rugby players would be pulled by the welcoming nature and craic around here as the beaches et al that comes with France. Thirdly, how many New Zealanders, South Africans and Australians do you really find in France that aren't rugby players? Most of them set up in London because that's where the money is... Not an attack on France, I love the place and would live in Toulouse or Toulon over Belfast or Limerick given the opportunity but that's just me! I'd also love to visit SA, far more appealing than the Far East to me, one of the many redundant topics of this thread. [/QUOTE]
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