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<blockquote data-quote="Bruce_ma gooshvili" data-source="post: 1097672" data-attributes="member: 74121"><p>BMG, WT etc</p><p></p><p>When talking about tenuous grannies (typically a SH player rocking up for Scotland or Wales) it is worth stressing that the player is often picking to play for a side where they have 1x grandparent as their connection versus:</p><p></p><p>3x grandparents</p><p>2x parents</p><p>Themselves</p><p></p><p>All potentially born and raised in another nation. </p><p></p><p>But yeah, even in those instances its because they feel an overpowering connection to that one grandparent's nation of birth and is not 99 times out of 100 a case of convenience and self interest.</p><p></p><p>We will be able to test this. If the English league rules do result in financial hardship for non-English Q players then I think we will miraculously see a decline in the number of English based players passionately devoted to the land one of their grandparents was born in 60-70 years ago. Just a slight hunch I've got. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /></p><p></p><p>The rules are the rules and I've nothing against any player that pursues them or any union that uses the rules from time to time but doesn't actively employ people to proactively sniff out possible candidates.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bruce_ma gooshvili, post: 1097672, member: 74121"] BMG, WT etc When talking about tenuous grannies (typically a SH player rocking up for Scotland or Wales) it is worth stressing that the player is often picking to play for a side where they have 1x grandparent as their connection versus: 3x grandparents 2x parents Themselves All potentially born and raised in another nation. But yeah, even in those instances its because they feel an overpowering connection to that one grandparent's nation of birth and is not 99 times out of 100 a case of convenience and self interest. We will be able to test this. If the English league rules do result in financial hardship for non-English Q players then I think we will miraculously see a decline in the number of English based players passionately devoted to the land one of their grandparents was born in 60-70 years ago. Just a slight hunch I've got. :p The rules are the rules and I've nothing against any player that pursues them or any union that uses the rules from time to time but doesn't actively employ people to proactively sniff out possible candidates. [/QUOTE]
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