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having our pacific players back would be awesome
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<blockquote data-quote="BPM" data-source="post: 994266" data-attributes="member: 59968"><p>I think it's a bit easier for Fijians as their team is typically stronger plus they often capture a lot of heir players through 7s where they are often one of the top 2 or 3 teams in the world.</p><p></p><p>Having said that, age grade and 7s can also do the opposite. For example, Fritz Lee would almost certainly walk in to the Samoa side but can't because he's tied to NZ from some kind of historical representation which sucks.</p><p></p><p>Michael Ala'alatoa is an interesting case considering his brother plays for Australia. I suspect he quite possibly would be too had he not been playing in NZ.</p><p></p><p>TBH, I also think the potential impact of 'returning PI' players probably isn't quite as big as is being suggested. A lot of Fiji's players lining up for other nations are mostly wingers so you couldn't pick all of them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BPM, post: 994266, member: 59968"] I think it’s a bit easier for Fijians as their team is typically stronger plus they often capture a lot of heir players through 7s where they are often one of the top 2 or 3 teams in the world. Having said that, age grade and 7s can also do the opposite. For example, Fritz Lee would almost certainly walk in to the Samoa side but can’t because he’s tied to NZ from some kind of historical representation which sucks. Michael Ala’alatoa is an interesting case considering his brother plays for Australia. I suspect he quite possibly would be too had he not been playing in NZ. TBH, I also think the potential impact of ‘returning PI’ players probably isn’t quite as big as is being suggested. A lot of Fiji’s players lining up for other nations are mostly wingers so you couldn’t pick all of them. [/QUOTE]
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