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Why Jarryd Hayne has played for Fiji?
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<blockquote data-quote="Mcfadden" data-source="post: 744286" data-attributes="member: 72865"><p>I'm a little bit old school on this issue and I'd take an even harder stance. Although I'm sure there's ethical pitfalls or something that you could point out. Still, I also think you should be allowed to play for a country if you were born somewhere else. But the test for doing so should be very strict, in my opinion. </p><p></p><p>If you moved from Samoa to New Zealand before you were 18 years old, fine. Chances are you've come through New Zealand's rugby systems, lived your youth there and completed your high school education in NZ. You may not have been born there, but that immerses you pretty strong with NZ's culture and ways of living for you to now be considered a Kiwi. I don't think I'd support an artificial number of how long you've been somewhere. Although I can appreciate 5 years a bit more; it would certainly mean you'd have to be patient enough to stick around in one country, engage with it and continue your rugby form for a good deal of time.</p><p></p><p>I absolutely loath the idea of jetting off somewhere after having been trained and educated through another country's systems, make selection because that nation doesn't have any better talent on offer, and start playing under the guise of "right, I'm English now." No, you're not. Not in a rugby sense anyway. If your big claim to that nationality is working for a privatized rugby club and owning a flat down the road then forget it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mcfadden, post: 744286, member: 72865"] I'm a little bit old school on this issue and I'd take an even harder stance. Although I'm sure there's ethical pitfalls or something that you could point out. Still, I also think you should be allowed to play for a country if you were born somewhere else. But the test for doing so should be very strict, in my opinion. If you moved from Samoa to New Zealand before you were 18 years old, fine. Chances are you've come through New Zealand's rugby systems, lived your youth there and completed your high school education in NZ. You may not have been born there, but that immerses you pretty strong with NZ's culture and ways of living for you to now be considered a Kiwi. I don't think I'd support an artificial number of how long you've been somewhere. Although I can appreciate 5 years a bit more; it would certainly mean you'd have to be patient enough to stick around in one country, engage with it and continue your rugby form for a good deal of time. I absolutely loath the idea of jetting off somewhere after having been trained and educated through another country's systems, make selection because that nation doesn't have any better talent on offer, and start playing under the guise of "right, I'm English now." No, you're not. Not in a rugby sense anyway. If your big claim to that nationality is working for a privatized rugby club and owning a flat down the road then forget it. [/QUOTE]
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