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<blockquote data-quote="Fa&#039;atau82" data-source="post: 244721"><p>It doesn't matter how much money is pumped into Samoa rugby, the fact is that the 7's is the only regular international competition they get and as GG says, you can see the results of a proper team that is home based.</p><p></p><p>They rarely have any meaningful senior test matches, so all you get is a local Manu Samoa A team playing in the PNC, which is good until you then realise that only a couple of them will be selected for any major tournament, which i think is unfair. </p><p></p><p>I would bet money that in the 7's RWC the Samoa core 7's team that is based locally for the IRB 7's will be dumped apart from Lolo Lui and Uale Mai and be made up of euro pros who have no right to have a place in the team.</p><p></p><p>Manu Samoa is not a proper team anymore, rather it is a team of world club exiles.. at least for major senior events. Money doesn't fix that overnight.</p><p></p><p>Until there is an S14 expansion or some kind of professional pacific club event.. like a 10-14 team Pacific Rugby Cup (with teams from USA, Japan, Argentina etc) there is nowhere for the raw talent in samoa to go, but to NZ or Australia. So, perhaps NZ do 'poach' in that context, or maybe the word is lure.. but that's life. It's more of an economic choice than a rugby one.</p><p> </p><p>Every samoan kid wants to realise their dream.. and that is playing for the all blacks, because it is seen as the highest level they can achieve, and many will just bypass Manu Samoa in the hope of doing so. It's not so much about the money, but about the ambition.. but the money is more and more of an insentive these days as Samoa gets more capitalist. </p><p></p><p>The relationship between many of the Pacific Islands and New Zealand is a complex one, that this guy clearly doesn't understand and throwing money at it willy-nilly in a superhero fashion will make it a whole lot worse IMHO.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fa'atau82, post: 244721"] It doesn't matter how much money is pumped into Samoa rugby, the fact is that the 7's is the only regular international competition they get and as GG says, you can see the results of a proper team that is home based. They rarely have any meaningful senior test matches, so all you get is a local Manu Samoa A team playing in the PNC, which is good until you then realise that only a couple of them will be selected for any major tournament, which i think is unfair. I would bet money that in the 7's RWC the Samoa core 7's team that is based locally for the IRB 7's will be dumped apart from Lolo Lui and Uale Mai and be made up of euro pros who have no right to have a place in the team. Manu Samoa is not a proper team anymore, rather it is a team of world club exiles.. at least for major senior events. Money doesn't fix that overnight. Until there is an S14 expansion or some kind of professional pacific club event.. like a 10-14 team Pacific Rugby Cup (with teams from USA, Japan, Argentina etc) there is nowhere for the raw talent in samoa to go, but to NZ or Australia. So, perhaps NZ do 'poach' in that context, or maybe the word is lure.. but that's life. It's more of an economic choice than a rugby one. Every samoan kid wants to realise their dream.. and that is playing for the all blacks, because it is seen as the highest level they can achieve, and many will just bypass Manu Samoa in the hope of doing so. It's not so much about the money, but about the ambition.. but the money is more and more of an insentive these days as Samoa gets more capitalist. The relationship between many of the Pacific Islands and New Zealand is a complex one, that this guy clearly doesn't understand and throwing money at it willy-nilly in a superhero fashion will make it a whole lot worse IMHO. [/QUOTE]
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