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<blockquote data-quote="Bruce_ma gooshvili" data-source="post: 1090003" data-attributes="member: 74121"><p>I'm not clear if it is only those four named players in this article that Tonga have selected using the new eligibility rules. There is at least one other.</p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.planetrugby.com/israel-folau-former-wallaby-named-in-tonga-squad-alongside-three-former-all-blacks[/URL]</p><p></p><p>Kolomatangi was capped by Hong Kong in November 2019, but may be available to Tonga on a technicality before Dec 2022 and is named in this squad. Tonga better be sure because if they field him in a RWC qualifier (ironically likely against Hong Kong) and he is found as ineligible, then that'll be another country eliminated from the RWC due to unions pursuing players developed and/or captured by other unions.</p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3140352/former-hong-kong-rugby-player-tau-koloamatangi-tonga-limbo-over[/URL]</p><p></p><p>If the player wasn't eligible for Hong Kong in Nov 2019 but they fielded him in a test then Hong Kong must be fined.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bruce_ma gooshvili, post: 1090003, member: 74121"] I'm not clear if it is only those four named players in this article that Tonga have selected using the new eligibility rules. There is at least one other. [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.planetrugby.com/israel-folau-former-wallaby-named-in-tonga-squad-alongside-three-former-all-blacks[/URL] Kolomatangi was capped by Hong Kong in November 2019, but may be available to Tonga on a technicality before Dec 2022 and is named in this squad. Tonga better be sure because if they field him in a RWC qualifier (ironically likely against Hong Kong) and he is found as ineligible, then that'll be another country eliminated from the RWC due to unions pursuing players developed and/or captured by other unions. [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3140352/former-hong-kong-rugby-player-tau-koloamatangi-tonga-limbo-over[/URL] If the player wasn't eligible for Hong Kong in Nov 2019 but they fielded him in a test then Hong Kong must be fined. [/QUOTE]
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