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<blockquote data-quote="Umaga&#039;s Witness" data-source="post: 1098257" data-attributes="member: 65365"><p>A long time back they used to be aligned; it used to be the case that each super rugby side had first choice of 24 players from provinces in their region, and the the rest went into a draft system. Now they are just franchises, so provinces mean zilch except you might get the super rugby coaches and managers trying to encourage their players to play for local provinces or picking more from those provinces so as to make the team feel more regional for the fans; and players will often move to live where they are playing super rugby so will want to play provincial rugby nearby. Also, the crusaders have the philosophy of investing in players and hoping that they will pay them back by playing for the crusaders if chosen - so canterbury and tasman, along with Lincoln university, are seen as crusaders academies and there is knowledge sharing from the crusaders down to these teams, as I understand it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Umaga's Witness, post: 1098257, member: 65365"] A long time back they used to be aligned; it used to be the case that each super rugby side had first choice of 24 players from provinces in their region, and the the rest went into a draft system. Now they are just franchises, so provinces mean zilch except you might get the super rugby coaches and managers trying to encourage their players to play for local provinces or picking more from those provinces so as to make the team feel more regional for the fans; and players will often move to live where they are playing super rugby so will want to play provincial rugby nearby. Also, the crusaders have the philosophy of investing in players and hoping that they will pay them back by playing for the crusaders if chosen - so canterbury and tasman, along with Lincoln university, are seen as crusaders academies and there is knowledge sharing from the crusaders down to these teams, as I understand it. [/QUOTE]
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