Interesting Nadolo take
https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/...s/nemani-nadolo-fiji-leicester-tigers-6214818
https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/...s/nemani-nadolo-fiji-leicester-tigers-6214818
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World Rugby to vote on easing rules on player Test team switches
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Realistically the whole thing is just to boost Samoa and Tonga, claims that it's to increase competitiveness of all Tier 2/3 is BS
I can understand why Fiji (and Georgia, Romania, Russia etc.) wouldn't be best pleased about it
I can understand why Fiji (and Georgia, Romania, Russia etc.) wouldn't be best pleased about it
TBF I don't have a issue with most of the Tongan players tbh
Charles Piutau both parents are tongan played like 9 games max nearly 10 years ago
Vaea Fifita tongan born 12 caps NZ
Atu Moli 4 caps
Augustine Pulu 2 caps 7 years ago
I have more a issue with the players who have more than double digits
I also hope world rugby stop players try to claim things like EQP just to get a better contract for clubs it should be can they realistically get capped by that country. Like Gary Graham trying to claim EQP again just for Newcastle benefit
It would be malpractice by management not to be scouting players playing abroad. I never said anything about England signing the player themselves, so stop reading things that aren’t there, but you can’t tell me they capped a guy before they scouted him cause he hadn’t played in the premiership yet
Saw this on Reddit
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Would make sense for Scotland tbh - especially weird considering he's played for England in 7s and 15s... This was my concern tbhSaw this on Reddit
I don't have a problem with that.
The whole point is to allow players to drop a tier
The whole point is to allow players to drop a tier
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but they are Tier 2/3 countries...so boosting them does boost those tiers, just because not every country benefits in the same way doesnt mean its not useful
we should also point out the PI countries have much smaller populations than any of the european ones and so they have much less scope to grow the game
Tonga only has about 100k people and samoa about 200K so they're never going to have full domestic leagues and so leveraging their players overseas is really important
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I think you need to read your comments and then mine again mate.
England don’t scout players abroad as it serves no purpose, they watched shields after he was signed and played a load more games before he arrived in the uk.
There are literally 100s of SA, NZ etc all eligible to play for England but that means nothing unless they are already signed to an English club.
No need to get your panties in a twist over your complete lack of understanding or comprehension of the English language.
RFU to make an exception for Sam Underhill
SAM PETERS: Eddie Jones has been given the green light to invoke the ‘exceptional circumstances’ clause in the RFU’s overseas-player rule in order to select Sam Underhill next summer.
do you think they decided to make this decision without scouting Underhill or did they just read some press clippings? England is well aware of who is eligible to play for them and keeps an eye on players overseas in case they move to a domestic club. I don't know why you have such a problem comprehending this.
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Noticing who is performing well internationally, especially if they have already played in England and are English ≠ scouting abroad for talent that might be eligibleRFU to make an exception for Sam Underhill
SAM PETERS: Eddie Jones has been given the green light to invoke the ‘exceptional circumstances’ clause in the RFU’s overseas-player rule in order to select Sam Underhill next summer.www.dailymail.co.uk
do you think they decided to make this decision without scouting Underhill or did they just read some press clippings? England is well aware of who is eligible to play for them and keeps an eye on players overseas in case they move to a domestic club. I don't know why you have such a problem comprehending this.
I agree to an extent. There is also no such thing as "might be eligible". World Rugby's eligibility regulations are pretty clear cut so England would have a list of players at there ready as to who they would be able to select. Scouting isn't just discovering players, it is gathering information about players.
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Why would the RFU need to scout a player who at represented the RFU at age-grade?RFU to make an exception for Sam Underhill
SAM PETERS: Eddie Jones has been given the green light to invoke the ‘exceptional circumstances’ clause in the RFU’s overseas-player rule in order to select Sam Underhill next summer.
do you think they decided to make this decision without scouting Underhill or did they just read some press clippings? England is well aware of who is eligible to play for them and keeps an eye on players overseas in case they move to a domestic club. I don't know why you have such a problem comprehending this.
Speaking to someone on the phone =/= scouting.
NB, that article was written ahead of the 2016 6N (less than 2 years after Sam had last pulled on an England shirt, and less than 1 year since he'd last pulled on a Gloucester shirt).
He didn't appear for England until he'd already signed for Bath.
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Ben Te'o was tapped up by the RFU before Worcester.
You really need to not google things and assume your making a point.RFU to make an exception for Sam Underhill
SAM PETERS: Eddie Jones has been given the green light to invoke the ‘exceptional circumstances’ clause in the RFU’s overseas-player rule in order to select Sam Underhill next summer.
do you think they decided to make this decision without scouting Underhill or did they just read some press clippings? England is well aware of who is eligible to play for them and keeps an eye on players overseas in case they move to a domestic club. I don't know why you have such a problem comprehending this.
Sam Underhill was an "overseas" player in being English playing for a Welsh club under RFU rules all players eligible to play for England even if they've been cap'd must play in the Premiership.
Third bullet point in the article.
- Eddie Jones keeping a close eye on the former England under 18s captain
It wasn't a case of poaching, it was trying to make sure he didn't get poached.
Mad that article is now 5 years old.
Mind at 25 he's still got 2 more RWC's in him really.
Mind at 25 he's still got 2 more RWC's in him really.
much closer to 6 years old
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Yeah there's definitely cases of the RFU letting players know they'd be in contention if they were playing in England (or playing union in the case of Sam Burgess).
Even Shields had this to say "I had a couple of conversations with a couple of different people, managed to get a bit of an idea how it might go down, and the rest was up to me to play good rugby and get into the mix." He was aware of his chances in England before moving.
Don't know why this is so contentious, under the current regulations it'd be poor management not to keep an eye on eligible players. The way rugby is set up in England limits the extent of it as a bargaining tool unlike Ireland, for example, who can offer a contract as incentive as well as dangling international rugby in front of your face, but it still goes on in England for sure.
It was never worth England's while to chase players who'd eventually qualify through eligibility, fortunately that's not an option for anyone anymore with the 5 year requirement.
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How does the grandparent rule work, if a player's granparent is italian though his 2 italian parents yet never spent any time there. Is the player italy qualified?
And how strong does the granparents claim have to be to make the player eligible? If you get what i mean
And how strong does the granparents claim have to be to make the player eligible? If you get what i mean
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