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<blockquote data-quote="Umaga&#039;s Witness" data-source="post: 1090685" data-attributes="member: 65365"><p>Hmmm. I think you are right that sabbaticals in Japan help to keep some players, but we are still losing players, including to Japan. I think the Japan sides don't want to give sabbatical contracts except to the very top level players.</p><p></p><p> In terms of capped all blacks in their prime we have recently lost laumape, hemopo, Karl, for example, and we do seem to lose quite a few starting or close to starting super rugby players. Hard to tell if this is more or less than previous. I think the COVID situation helped reduce player drain so it will be interesting to see what happens in the next few years.</p><p></p><p>Moana pacifika could help strengthen the super rugby sides too because the limits on non-NZ eligible players in super rugby mean as soon as PI New Zealanders decide to play for their country of heritage, they would previously have limited their ability to continue to play super rugby.</p><p></p><p>But not playing South African teams is a bigger hindrance than player drain</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Umaga's Witness, post: 1090685, member: 65365"] Hmmm. I think you are right that sabbaticals in Japan help to keep some players, but we are still losing players, including to Japan. I think the Japan sides don’t want to give sabbatical contracts except to the very top level players. In terms of capped all blacks in their prime we have recently lost laumape, hemopo, Karl, for example, and we do seem to lose quite a few starting or close to starting super rugby players. Hard to tell if this is more or less than previous. I think the COVID situation helped reduce player drain so it will be interesting to see what happens in the next few years. Moana pacifika could help strengthen the super rugby sides too because the limits on non-NZ eligible players in super rugby mean as soon as PI New Zealanders decide to play for their country of heritage, they would previously have limited their ability to continue to play super rugby. But not playing South African teams is a bigger hindrance than player drain [/QUOTE]
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