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CJ Stander to retire at the end of the season
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<blockquote data-quote="will311293" data-source="post: 1030980" data-attributes="member: 73664"><p>TBH at the end of the day, playing rugby for your country is always a privilege but it's also a financial deal. Players will go abroad to different clubs to get a better financial packet and same with international. Players have a shortened window of opportunity and could be broken within one game/training session (Eg. Sam Jones whose career was ended in one England training session). If one country offers you 7k a game and the other offers you 17k a game, realistically some players will take the other country. I'm sure that if you asked the pacific islanders (piatau, halai, fekitoa etc) they would have loved to play for their heritage nation but NZ pays better and it will financially benefit their families. </p><p></p><p>Personally if i was in Stander's position and i wasn't getting the contract i wanted in SA and Munster offered a good contract plus the chance of International rugby and the financial reward of International Rugby, I'm going to Ireland. </p><p></p><p>Rugby is a business for players, both club and international... so they treat it like that sometimes and who can blame them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="will311293, post: 1030980, member: 73664"] TBH at the end of the day, playing rugby for your country is always a privilege but it's also a financial deal. Players will go abroad to different clubs to get a better financial packet and same with international. Players have a shortened window of opportunity and could be broken within one game/training session (Eg. Sam Jones whose career was ended in one England training session). If one country offers you 7k a game and the other offers you 17k a game, realistically some players will take the other country. I'm sure that if you asked the pacific islanders (piatau, halai, fekitoa etc) they would have loved to play for their heritage nation but NZ pays better and it will financially benefit their families. Personally if i was in Stander's position and i wasn't getting the contract i wanted in SA and Munster offered a good contract plus the chance of International rugby and the financial reward of International Rugby, I'm going to Ireland. Rugby is a business for players, both club and international... so they treat it like that sometimes and who can blame them. [/QUOTE]
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