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<blockquote data-quote="Cruz_del_Sur" data-source="post: 994120" data-attributes="member: 55747"><p>This one is an interesting case and i thought i expressed my views earlier. Maybe it was another thread. Anyway. </p><p></p><p>I don't think Tuilagi playing for England is wrong. I think Tuilagi playing for England for the reasons he is playing is wrong. He has been quoted saying "heart and home is still Samoa". But again, i think he is one of those cases where it is understandable for him to chose and he did so. I just think it is a shame, not the choice he made, but the reasons he made it for. But as long as he sticks to it, i can accept it. I don't like it, but i can live with it. </p><p></p><p>What's wrong is that i don't like the idea of a player representing more than one national team. You want to treat all this as a free for all where the nations with deepest pockets poach at will and after they are done with the player and this one is past his peak he is "allowed" to represent another nation and wholeheartedly sing another anthem. I don't. </p><p></p><p></p><p>Got a friend that sells tin foil hats on a discount. Want his number?</p><p></p><p></p><p>Geez, is that flag next to your profile the one of the nation that has benefited the most from poaching PIs players. No wonder you don't give a **** about principles. No surprises there. </p><p>And please don't confuse your cynicism with my naivety.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cruz_del_Sur, post: 994120, member: 55747"] This one is an interesting case and i thought i expressed my views earlier. Maybe it was another thread. Anyway. I don't think Tuilagi playing for England is wrong. I think Tuilagi playing for England for the reasons he is playing is wrong. He has been quoted saying "heart and home is still Samoa". But again, i think he is one of those cases where it is understandable for him to chose and he did so. I just think it is a shame, not the choice he made, but the reasons he made it for. But as long as he sticks to it, i can accept it. I don't like it, but i can live with it. What's wrong is that i don't like the idea of a player representing more than one national team. You want to treat all this as a free for all where the nations with deepest pockets poach at will and after they are done with the player and this one is past his peak he is "allowed" to represent another nation and wholeheartedly sing another anthem. I don't. Got a friend that sells tin foil hats on a discount. Want his number? Geez, is that flag next to your profile the one of the nation that has benefited the most from poaching PIs players. No wonder you don't give a **** about principles. No surprises there. And please don't confuse your cynicism with my naivety. [/QUOTE]
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