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having our pacific players back would be awesome
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<blockquote data-quote="TRF_Olyy" data-source="post: 993938" data-attributes="member: 34990"><p>You just view rugby in a very cynical way,</p><p></p><p>Even if it is just a money spinner (and no it wasn't always that way, international rugby goes back over a century - England vs Scotland in the 1800s wasn't exactly making anyone a millionaire - in fact the tests were free) the fans can still want it to mean more/view it as meaning more.</p><p>I want to see the best players from a country (or best players produced by a country) playing against each other - if you throw your hat in the ring with one you can't just then turn around and play for another because you're no longer good enough, or you wanted to go take a big money contract somewhere than makes you ineligible. If Nathan Hughes wanted to play for Fiji so much then he should have done so and not tried for the ABs and England first. </p><p>It's a romanticised view of the game but I don't really care - I don't like seeing players who don't give a **** about the shirt turning out for England.</p><p>International caps should mean more than a payday.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TRF_Olyy, post: 993938, member: 34990"] You just view rugby in a very cynical way, Even if it is just a money spinner (and no it wasn't always that way, international rugby goes back over a century - England vs Scotland in the 1800s wasn't exactly making anyone a millionaire - in fact the tests were free) the fans can still want it to mean more/view it as meaning more. I want to see the best players from a country (or best players produced by a country) playing against each other - if you throw your hat in the ring with one you can't just then turn around and play for another because you're no longer good enough, or you wanted to go take a big money contract somewhere than makes you ineligible. If Nathan Hughes wanted to play for Fiji so much then he should have done so and not tried for the ABs and England first. It's a romanticised view of the game but I don't really care - I don't like seeing players who don't give a **** about the shirt turning out for England. International caps should mean more than a payday. [/QUOTE]
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