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<blockquote data-quote="Leonormous Boozer" data-source="post: 958111" data-attributes="member: 45598"><p>Convenient maybe, I think it's hard/impossible to have one without the other. We're talking about payment for services, not charity.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Actually once he's an Irish citizen and hasn't played international rugby for another nation (I must reiterate that I don't count u20s because I don't think decisions as a teenager should tie you down for life, some will agree, some won't) I think a lot of people will think that's fair game. He's 7 years in Ireland now, he's bought property here, pays taxes, is a citizen, has settled down with his family and most his adult life has been in Ireland. He got in early definitely but that rule is fixed now.</p><p></p><p>I'm ok with Hughes or Tuilagi playing for England, and although I think it's a bit shady recruiting at academy level Vakatawa has certainly earned the right to play for France. The likes of Parkes, Kleyn and Reece are a bit different but the last of that era of residency players will qualify in the next 15 months.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Read it back, all I wrote was that he was unhappy in SA. I also wrote later that his unhappiness is entirely subjective to him, it doesn't matter if you think he had reason to be or not.</p><p></p><p>It hypothetically could have been that he hated living in SA his entire life and wanted out and it doesn't really make any difference. He got out because he thought it was the best thing for him and his now wife, nothing more, it was a decision that he'd "live or die" by and certainly not an easy one.</p><p></p><p>I have presented no narrative on Stander and I have no interest discussing it. I'm trying to argue my side totally based on fact and logic and not human emotion. I understand in your case it's hard because as you've said you feel your countryman has turned his back on your country. It's not something we don't experience in Ireland, we've lost soccer players to England and we lose Gaelic Footballers to professionalism in Aussie rules regularly. You have to put yourself in the players shoes and not base a 19 year olds decision on what you at whatever age you're at think is right.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>He'd have had to leave Munster. Apart from rare occasions that are chosen on a case by case basis you can't give foreign players consecutive contracts in Ireland, it's why Ryan Pienaar had to leave Ulster. He's also on a central contract now which is more lucrative and would have got sizeable match fees to play for Ireland prior to that. These rules have also only become somewhat consistent in the last few years so he really had no idea what he was getting into.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Yeah you're probably right, we both now that this same argument will be going in 10 and 20 years from now too unless world rugby does something out of the ordinary though. Considering they recently banned players being tied to a nation through their underage teams I doubt they'll go back on that, nor should they really*, and there doesn't seem to be much noise about extending the five year residency so they're going to have to find something elsewhere and there has been grumblings about uneven match fees in international rugby and player welfare.</p><p></p><p>*I'm saying this when the rule has massively disadvantaged Irish soccer with us losing former underage players to England, but they were kids and were only out for themselves thinking about the present.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Edit: anyway, I'm signing out of this thread. I was only really interested in Cruz' opinion on dual citizenship and got caught in something bigger. There was always going to be a few misunderstandings and disagreements and the only thing we really learn is that there's no way to please everyone... And that anyone who's ever called them Bundee O'Aki or CJ McStander with any degree of malice or seriousness is thick as pig ****!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Leonormous Boozer, post: 958111, member: 45598"] Convenient maybe, I think it's hard/impossible to have one without the other. We're talking about payment for services, not charity. Actually once he's an Irish citizen and hasn't played international rugby for another nation (I must reiterate that I don't count u20s because I don't think decisions as a teenager should tie you down for life, some will agree, some won't) I think a lot of people will think that's fair game. He's 7 years in Ireland now, he's bought property here, pays taxes, is a citizen, has settled down with his family and most his adult life has been in Ireland. He got in early definitely but that rule is fixed now. I'm ok with Hughes or Tuilagi playing for England, and although I think it's a bit shady recruiting at academy level Vakatawa has certainly earned the right to play for France. The likes of Parkes, Kleyn and Reece are a bit different but the last of that era of residency players will qualify in the next 15 months. Read it back, all I wrote was that he was unhappy in SA. I also wrote later that his unhappiness is entirely subjective to him, it doesn't matter if you think he had reason to be or not. It hypothetically could have been that he hated living in SA his entire life and wanted out and it doesn't really make any difference. He got out because he thought it was the best thing for him and his now wife, nothing more, it was a decision that he'd "live or die" by and certainly not an easy one. I have presented no narrative on Stander and I have no interest discussing it. I'm trying to argue my side totally based on fact and logic and not human emotion. I understand in your case it's hard because as you've said you feel your countryman has turned his back on your country. It's not something we don't experience in Ireland, we've lost soccer players to England and we lose Gaelic Footballers to professionalism in Aussie rules regularly. You have to put yourself in the players shoes and not base a 19 year olds decision on what you at whatever age you're at think is right. He'd have had to leave Munster. Apart from rare occasions that are chosen on a case by case basis you can't give foreign players consecutive contracts in Ireland, it's why Ryan Pienaar had to leave Ulster. He's also on a central contract now which is more lucrative and would have got sizeable match fees to play for Ireland prior to that. These rules have also only become somewhat consistent in the last few years so he really had no idea what he was getting into. Yeah you're probably right, we both now that this same argument will be going in 10 and 20 years from now too unless world rugby does something out of the ordinary though. Considering they recently banned players being tied to a nation through their underage teams I doubt they'll go back on that, nor should they really*, and there doesn't seem to be much noise about extending the five year residency so they're going to have to find something elsewhere and there has been grumblings about uneven match fees in international rugby and player welfare. *I'm saying this when the rule has massively disadvantaged Irish soccer with us losing former underage players to England, but they were kids and were only out for themselves thinking about the present. Edit: anyway, I'm signing out of this thread. I was only really interested in Cruz' opinion on dual citizenship and got caught in something bigger. There was always going to be a few misunderstandings and disagreements and the only thing we really learn is that there's no way to please everyone... And that anyone who's ever called them Bundee O'Aki or CJ McStander with any degree of malice or seriousness is thick as pig ****! [/QUOTE]
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