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Why Jarryd Hayne has played for Fiji?
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<blockquote data-quote="bazwaz" data-source="post: 744267" data-attributes="member: 72036"><p>..yea have to agree with that being a funny comment about leagues eligibility system when rugby has the 3yr residency rule.. and it's Hayne's father that is Fijian - not his grandparent which weakens subsequent arguments about ineligibility...</p><p></p><p>..don't think he was setting any precedent though was he....back then he was only 20yr old and overlooked for the Oz RLWC team so why not...he's always been headstrong and if Australia said he was'n't good enough for their WC team then he would show them with Fiji..,no doubt he has some pride in his Fijian heritage as well and who are we to take a saw to his family tree....</p><p>..he would have been too young to displace some of the big names in the Kangaroo test team anyway ithink at that stage...no doubt about it though he made a real statement playing for Fiji at fullback - unfortunate that Fiji ended up meeting the world champions in the semi final and got knocked out....but a similar senario where people said he was'nt good enough to break into the NFL as well ...and look how that's working out..</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bazwaz, post: 744267, member: 72036"] ..yea have to agree with that being a funny comment about leagues eligibility system when rugby has the 3yr residency rule.. and it's Hayne's father that is Fijian - not his grandparent which weakens subsequent arguments about ineligibility... ..don't think he was setting any precedent though was he....back then he was only 20yr old and overlooked for the Oz RLWC team so why not...he's always been headstrong and if Australia said he was'n't good enough for their WC team then he would show them with Fiji..,no doubt he has some pride in his Fijian heritage as well and who are we to take a saw to his family tree.... ..he would have been too young to displace some of the big names in the Kangaroo test team anyway ithink at that stage...no doubt about it though he made a real statement playing for Fiji at fullback - unfortunate that Fiji ended up meeting the world champions in the semi final and got knocked out....but a similar senario where people said he was'nt good enough to break into the NFL as well ...and look how that's working out.. [/QUOTE]
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