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<blockquote data-quote="Leonormous Boozer" data-source="post: 1073020" data-attributes="member: 45598"><p>I think rugby education has to be dismissed as a factor, is a kid supposed to choose where he lives? Ultimately the player makes it himself, the resources only help. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I do think 20s should lock a player in to a nation, you're old enough to make your choice by then. I also think the country switching should be between tiers only (upwards or downwards, I don't see an issue with a player going up to experience the highest level of the game). Implement that and I'm fairly happy with where things are at. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Scotland aren't successful with their current carry on and their best players tend to be genuine products of Scottish rugby or lads like Redpath and Watson who chose to play for them. When they beat teams ahead of them in the world rankings it's usually due to poor form or France being involved. The better rugby they're playing will help grassroots but to take it to the next level the foreign guys have to be the exception, covering positions they don't have depth in purely because small countries can only produce so many international players. That's the Irish model and I don't see why Scotland can't have a version of it in the next 10 years.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Leonormous Boozer, post: 1073020, member: 45598"] I think rugby education has to be dismissed as a factor, is a kid supposed to choose where he lives? Ultimately the player makes it himself, the resources only help. I do think 20s should lock a player in to a nation, you're old enough to make your choice by then. I also think the country switching should be between tiers only (upwards or downwards, I don't see an issue with a player going up to experience the highest level of the game). Implement that and I'm fairly happy with where things are at. Scotland aren't successful with their current carry on and their best players tend to be genuine products of Scottish rugby or lads like Redpath and Watson who chose to play for them. When they beat teams ahead of them in the world rankings it's usually due to poor form or France being involved. The better rugby they're playing will help grassroots but to take it to the next level the foreign guys have to be the exception, covering positions they don't have depth in purely because small countries can only produce so many international players. That's the Irish model and I don't see why Scotland can't have a version of it in the next 10 years. [/QUOTE]
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