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<blockquote data-quote="TRF C A Iversen" data-source="post: 392181" data-attributes="member: 12312"><p>It would be great to see them play for Fiji, but unfortunately they both chose to play all their representative rugby in New Zealand. Rokocoko was here as a child and see's himself more as a fijian New Zealander, than a Fijian living in New Zealand. The NZRFU has had zero to do with bringing them to New Zealand or making them play rugby here until they came through the grades here.</p><p></p><p>All that aside, as markshaw said New Zealand and Australia wanted to help these island nations out by allowing <strong>exactly</strong> what you spoke about, a stand-down and then eligibility to play for the country of either your birth or your parents birth, that sort of thing.</p><p></p><p>It was voted against by most northern hemisphere nations at an IRB meeting. New Zealand villains again, lol. :lol:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TRF C A Iversen, post: 392181, member: 12312"] It would be great to see them play for Fiji, but unfortunately they both chose to play all their representative rugby in New Zealand. Rokocoko was here as a child and see's himself more as a fijian New Zealander, than a Fijian living in New Zealand. The NZRFU has had zero to do with bringing them to New Zealand or making them play rugby here until they came through the grades here. All that aside, as markshaw said New Zealand and Australia wanted to help these island nations out by allowing [B]exactly[/B] what you spoke about, a stand-down and then eligibility to play for the country of either your birth or your parents birth, that sort of thing. It was voted against by most northern hemisphere nations at an IRB meeting. New Zealand villains again, lol. :lol: [/QUOTE]
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