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<blockquote data-quote="Feicarsinn" data-source="post: 331048" data-attributes="member: 22777"><p>It's more of a selection policy than a rule, if that makes any sense. The Irish management has the freedom to choose their players from where ever they like by and large, but the prevailing preference during the reign of Eddie O'Sullivan was to pick home based players (exceptions being Simon Easterby and Geordan Murphy). This trend has largely carried over to the current setup but it really only applies to marginal players. For example, Tommy Bowe will get picked no matter where he plays his rugby but if someone like Andrew Trimble were to play in the Premiership he'd probably struggle to get back into the 22.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Feicarsinn, post: 331048, member: 22777"] It's more of a selection policy than a rule, if that makes any sense. The Irish management has the freedom to choose their players from where ever they like by and large, but the prevailing preference during the reign of Eddie O'Sullivan was to pick home based players (exceptions being Simon Easterby and Geordan Murphy). This trend has largely carried over to the current setup but it really only applies to marginal players. For example, Tommy Bowe will get picked no matter where he plays his rugby but if someone like Andrew Trimble were to play in the Premiership he'd probably struggle to get back into the 22. [/QUOTE]
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