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IRFU Player Contract Policy Agreed To Aid Development Of Irish-Qualified Players
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<blockquote data-quote="nickdnz" data-source="post: 472097" data-attributes="member: 38640"><p>Well, at the minimum, it guarentees that Nathan White (former captain of Waikato) and John Afoa (Former All Black) will be the only front row players from New Zealand to play for an Irish team (which is where quite a large potion of NZ talent go to play). It would mean that had this system been in place for years, we'd not have lost one of either Doug Howlett, Isa Nacewa or Jared Payne to an Irish team. It also means that we are unlikely to lose a different All Black like Toeava to an Irish team. It's not a huge safe-guard for New Zealand, however it does mean that in a position such as prop or 1st 5/8th (which takes years to develop good ones) we can keep more of them from Irish sides.</p><p></p><p>I don't think it's a good thing for Ireland however. Seems very silly not to just put a cap of a maximum of five NIQ players avalible to Irish teams, that way teams are able to choose where those players are most needed. It seems very difficult to leave it to clubs to choose which of their highly payed players have to be asked to leave.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nickdnz, post: 472097, member: 38640"] Well, at the minimum, it guarentees that Nathan White (former captain of Waikato) and John Afoa (Former All Black) will be the only front row players from New Zealand to play for an Irish team (which is where quite a large potion of NZ talent go to play). It would mean that had this system been in place for years, we'd not have lost one of either Doug Howlett, Isa Nacewa or Jared Payne to an Irish team. It also means that we are unlikely to lose a different All Black like Toeava to an Irish team. It's not a huge safe-guard for New Zealand, however it does mean that in a position such as prop or 1st 5/8th (which takes years to develop good ones) we can keep more of them from Irish sides. I don't think it's a good thing for Ireland however. Seems very silly not to just put a cap of a maximum of five NIQ players avalible to Irish teams, that way teams are able to choose where those players are most needed. It seems very difficult to leave it to clubs to choose which of their highly payed players have to be asked to leave. [/QUOTE]
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