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<blockquote data-quote="smartcooky" data-source="post: 392823" data-attributes="member: 20605"><p>Exactly! Ireland has four teams in the Magners league. They have some players playing in other competitions, but the great majority of Ireland's players come from Leinster, Munster, Ulster and Connacht. There are four starting hooker positions. If two of them come from NZ and South Africa, that leaves two places for Irish players. Apply that across all the positions in all four teams, and you'll see what Tony Johnson is talking about. Every time an Irish provincial team has a Kiwi, and Aussie or a South African in their team, those players are blocking the progression of a Irish player; they are cutting down your choice of players.</p><p></p><p>Ask any employer and they will tell you the same thing... if you advertise a position in your company, and only three people apply, you are going to have a much lower chance of getting a top quality applicant, than if you have thirty apply.</p><p></p><p>Hasn't been that way since about 1966... the last time they won the World Cup <img src="http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o35/smartcooky99/my%20smileys/4.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="smartcooky, post: 392823, member: 20605"] Exactly! Ireland has four teams in the Magners league. They have some players playing in other competitions, but the great majority of Ireland's players come from Leinster, Munster, Ulster and Connacht. There are four starting hooker positions. If two of them come from NZ and South Africa, that leaves two places for Irish players. Apply that across all the positions in all four teams, and you'll see what Tony Johnson is talking about. Every time an Irish provincial team has a Kiwi, and Aussie or a South African in their team, those players are blocking the progression of a Irish player; they are cutting down your choice of players. Ask any employer and they will tell you the same thing... if you advertise a position in your company, and only three people apply, you are going to have a much lower chance of getting a top quality applicant, than if you have thirty apply. Hasn't been that way since about 1966... the last time they won the World Cup [IMG]http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o35/smartcooky99/my%20smileys/4.gif[/IMG] [/QUOTE]
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