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<blockquote data-quote="TRF_heineken" data-source="post: 957077" data-attributes="member: 40658"><p>I just did it like that to give an indication that people tend to migrate to certain areas more than others, so there is a natural process of certain regions getting more migrants which will result in more guys being selected because of residency.</p><p></p><p>But. Scotland and the USA have a lot of players who are as Scotland put it, project players, who lured guys to come and play for them while they were playing professional rugby in another county with the idea to get them to play for Scotland. Off the top of my head I can think of Josh Strauss, WP Nel, Huw Jones and Allan Dell.</p><p></p><p>WP Nel was at the time overlooked for the Springboks when Beast was starting to show his prowess, so WP knew, partly because of the Quota system that he won't get a chance perhaps in the next 2 years, even though many people like myself felt like he deserved a shot for the Boks. Strauss and Jones were both decent Super Rugby Players, but it would have taken a monumental effort from them to get a shot at representing the Boks, as they both play positions where we have oodles of talent. And Dell, he represented SA at U/20 WC championships, and then got a lucrative offer at a scottish team, which was paying him way more than what he'd get as an entry-level player in SA.</p><p></p><p>Now let's remove the Pacific Islands from this equation, as the Islands of Fiji, Samoa and Tonga are so small, that they can't really have a HPC or even more than 2 stadiums on an island so most of the players in that region have to go to NZ or Australia in order to get better training. It does change the outlook quite a bit.</p><p></p><p>But this article doesn't paint a complete picture though, as it's just about the World Cup. And there are plenty of guys who have made their debuts for their new nation, or are on the verge of doing that.</p><p></p><p>The one thing is for certain is that NZ, South Africa and Argentina doesn't have to worry so much of scouting guys from other countries and try and lure them to play for them. We have a very good system in place, and I don't see for the foreseeable future that the stats would change for these countries, whereas I have a suspicion the amount of players obtaining residency might increase at emerging nations as they try to become a stronger rugby nation.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TRF_heineken, post: 957077, member: 40658"] I just did it like that to give an indication that people tend to migrate to certain areas more than others, so there is a natural process of certain regions getting more migrants which will result in more guys being selected because of residency. But. Scotland and the USA have a lot of players who are as Scotland put it, project players, who lured guys to come and play for them while they were playing professional rugby in another county with the idea to get them to play for Scotland. Off the top of my head I can think of Josh Strauss, WP Nel, Huw Jones and Allan Dell. WP Nel was at the time overlooked for the Springboks when Beast was starting to show his prowess, so WP knew, partly because of the Quota system that he won't get a chance perhaps in the next 2 years, even though many people like myself felt like he deserved a shot for the Boks. Strauss and Jones were both decent Super Rugby Players, but it would have taken a monumental effort from them to get a shot at representing the Boks, as they both play positions where we have oodles of talent. And Dell, he represented SA at U/20 WC championships, and then got a lucrative offer at a scottish team, which was paying him way more than what he'd get as an entry-level player in SA. Now let's remove the Pacific Islands from this equation, as the Islands of Fiji, Samoa and Tonga are so small, that they can't really have a HPC or even more than 2 stadiums on an island so most of the players in that region have to go to NZ or Australia in order to get better training. It does change the outlook quite a bit. But this article doesn't paint a complete picture though, as it's just about the World Cup. And there are plenty of guys who have made their debuts for their new nation, or are on the verge of doing that. The one thing is for certain is that NZ, South Africa and Argentina doesn't have to worry so much of scouting guys from other countries and try and lure them to play for them. We have a very good system in place, and I don't see for the foreseeable future that the stats would change for these countries, whereas I have a suspicion the amount of players obtaining residency might increase at emerging nations as they try to become a stronger rugby nation. [/QUOTE]
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