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Brett Gosper: 3 Year Residency Rule to be changed?
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<blockquote data-quote="Groundhog" data-source="post: 723529" data-attributes="member: 50079"><p>The grandparent rule is in theory a lot less contentious in my view, but when a guy like Mike Bent is allowed to walk into the national team of a country with which he has very little actual connection, it really rubs me up the wrong way, moreso than a guy who we've at least put time into developing like Stander, although that's still wrong.</p><p>Kind of beside the point, but for Ireland a good system of sifting out the guys who actually want to play for Ireland due to an inherited national identity is the exiles system in Britain which guys like the Easterby's, Ruddock, Marmion and Tuohy came through. I have absolutely no problem with guys like these making their way into national sides as they've expressed their desire to play for Ireland through preferance and not convenience.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Groundhog, post: 723529, member: 50079"] The grandparent rule is in theory a lot less contentious in my view, but when a guy like Mike Bent is allowed to walk into the national team of a country with which he has very little actual connection, it really rubs me up the wrong way, moreso than a guy who we've at least put time into developing like Stander, although that's still wrong. Kind of beside the point, but for Ireland a good system of sifting out the guys who actually want to play for Ireland due to an inherited national identity is the exiles system in Britain which guys like the Easterby's, Ruddock, Marmion and Tuohy came through. I have absolutely no problem with guys like these making their way into national sides as they've expressed their desire to play for Ireland through preferance and not convenience. [/QUOTE]
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