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<blockquote data-quote="Derpus" data-source="post: 1014102" data-attributes="member: 76427"><p>Its mostly because at least half our best players arent eligible for selection at any given time because they are in England, Japan or France. I think this year we had maybe 3 or 4 of the starting 15 from the WC around.</p><p></p><p>And all the other best talent gets poached by League and AFL because they pay much more. </p><p></p><p>There were genuine fears of rugby going back to amateurism this year, before we scraped together a small at TV deal. </p><p></p><p>I love rugby... But Australia doesnt</p><p></p><p>(to be fair we did knock England out of their own world cup in the last 10 years).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Derpus, post: 1014102, member: 76427"] Its mostly because at least half our best players arent eligible for selection at any given time because they are in England, Japan or France. I think this year we had maybe 3 or 4 of the starting 15 from the WC around. And all the other best talent gets poached by League and AFL because they pay much more. There were genuine fears of rugby going back to amateurism this year, before we scraped together a small at TV deal. I love rugby... But Australia doesnt (to be fair we did knock England out of their own world cup in the last 10 years). [/QUOTE]
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