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<blockquote data-quote="Woldog" data-source="post: 264702"><p>Australia has always too a degree bred its own players (Dan Vickerman is from South Africa and Daniel Braid is from NZ to point out not all are from Australia) and hasn't had to rely on other countries too much for players, it defeats the purpose of playing rugby if all the teams of today are focused on is money and winning, Rugby isn't about winning it's about enjoying the game. If the teams actually enjoyed the rugby they played they wouldn't need to buy players from other countries as the lure wouldn't be there for them, they would work with what they had and mold a winning team. The problem occurs when a team is having a terrible run so they look to overseas for talent which in turn denies local players the chance of playing for their team </p><p>i.e. Say I played Flanker constantly and had been training to get into the Reds for 3 years, finally my chance comes around but woe is me Daniel Braid comes from NZ and takes the spot pushing Higgenbotham into reserves and me into the abyss.</p><p>That is the scenario with a lot of NH players who want to play for their local teams but don't have the option cause that bully Chris Latham just took the Fullback position. Rugby needs to go back to its roots where the game was played for enjoyment and mateship rather than players who are "thirsty for the green so bad they're dehydrating."</p><p>This isn't a dig at NH rugby it's a dig at rugby in general it's just the example is more common in NH and also SH places like Japan.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Woldog, post: 264702"] Australia has always too a degree bred its own players (Dan Vickerman is from South Africa and Daniel Braid is from NZ to point out not all are from Australia) and hasn't had to rely on other countries too much for players, it defeats the purpose of playing rugby if all the teams of today are focused on is money and winning, Rugby isn't about winning it's about enjoying the game. If the teams actually enjoyed the rugby they played they wouldn't need to buy players from other countries as the lure wouldn't be there for them, they would work with what they had and mold a winning team. The problem occurs when a team is having a terrible run so they look to overseas for talent which in turn denies local players the chance of playing for their team i.e. Say I played Flanker constantly and had been training to get into the Reds for 3 years, finally my chance comes around but woe is me Daniel Braid comes from NZ and takes the spot pushing Higgenbotham into reserves and me into the abyss. That is the scenario with a lot of NH players who want to play for their local teams but don't have the option cause that bully Chris Latham just took the Fullback position. Rugby needs to go back to its roots where the game was played for enjoyment and mateship rather than players who are "thirsty for the green so bad they're dehydrating." This isn't a dig at NH rugby it's a dig at rugby in general it's just the example is more common in NH and also SH places like Japan. [/QUOTE]
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