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<blockquote data-quote="Gay-Guy" data-source="post: 244893"><p><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (TeePee @ Feb 13 2009, 11:25 AM) <a href="http://index.php?act=findpost&pid=378153" target="_blank"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div></p><p>Wow! I also fully agree with all this. Playing for the All Blacks brings greater respect from other Samoans than playing for Manu Samoa. This is simply because the All Blacks are THE team to want to play for and any Samoan parent would be so proud if their son played for this team. It is not so much an issue of nationalism...or even money....but more an issue of pride.</p><p></p><p>I think any Samoan is more than appreciative that there is a door open for them to play for New Zealand if they decide to pursue that choice.</p><p> </p><p>Another thing that should be noted is that Samoans were pushing to get into the All Blacks before the advent of professionalism. The honour of playing for the black jersey was just as strong before money became a factor.</p><p></p><p>They say that every Kiwi boy dreams of being an All Black...well did you also know that little boys in Fiji/Tonga/Samoa/Cook Islands/Nuie/etc are lying on their mats looking at the moon above hovering over the pacific dreaming that one day they might play for the....All Blacks. Yep...thats what they are dreaming about...thats who their heroes are.</p><p></p><p>Once some relatives of my ex wife came over from Samoa to visit NZ for the first time (they were all elderly)....I was driving them to another house in the van when I thought I would drive past Eden Park. I never told them what I was driving past. In Samoan they asked my ex wife what it was we were driving past...she said "Eden Park". I tell you they looked at Eden Park in a way that freaked me out...it was like they were starring at the house of God himself! For them just starring at the outside of Eden Park was like touching the cloak of the almighty!</p><p></p><p>Let me put it this way...if Islanders had to PAY MONEY to be able to play for the All Blacks they would happily pay. If a player was selected to play for the AB's and being Samoan the NZRFU said he had to pay a $50,000 fee for not being a NZ born....the money would be raised in 48 hours without fail!!!!! Samoans would happily dish out money to get into the All Blacks...there is no poaching required!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Gay-Guy, post: 244893"] <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (TeePee @ Feb 13 2009, 11:25 AM) [url='index.php?act=findpost&pid=378153']<{POST_SNAPBACK}>[/url]</div> Wow! I also fully agree with all this. Playing for the All Blacks brings greater respect from other Samoans than playing for Manu Samoa. This is simply because the All Blacks are THE team to want to play for and any Samoan parent would be so proud if their son played for this team. It is not so much an issue of nationalism...or even money....but more an issue of pride. I think any Samoan is more than appreciative that there is a door open for them to play for New Zealand if they decide to pursue that choice. Another thing that should be noted is that Samoans were pushing to get into the All Blacks before the advent of professionalism. The honour of playing for the black jersey was just as strong before money became a factor. They say that every Kiwi boy dreams of being an All Black...well did you also know that little boys in Fiji/Tonga/Samoa/Cook Islands/Nuie/etc are lying on their mats looking at the moon above hovering over the pacific dreaming that one day they might play for the....All Blacks. Yep...thats what they are dreaming about...thats who their heroes are. Once some relatives of my ex wife came over from Samoa to visit NZ for the first time (they were all elderly)....I was driving them to another house in the van when I thought I would drive past Eden Park. I never told them what I was driving past. In Samoan they asked my ex wife what it was we were driving past...she said "Eden Park". I tell you they looked at Eden Park in a way that freaked me out...it was like they were starring at the house of God himself! For them just starring at the outside of Eden Park was like touching the cloak of the almighty! Let me put it this way...if Islanders had to PAY MONEY to be able to play for the All Blacks they would happily pay. If a player was selected to play for the AB's and being Samoan the NZRFU said he had to pay a $50,000 fee for not being a NZ born....the money would be raised in 48 hours without fail!!!!! Samoans would happily dish out money to get into the All Blacks...there is no poaching required! [/QUOTE]
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