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<blockquote data-quote="Immenso" data-source="post: 905256" data-attributes="member: 74361"><p>I actually did something similar to this a while ago, but just from an NZ perspective. As I was interested to know how many NZ rugby players were playing pro overseas in the top leagues. I just found the spreadsheet I made, it was from Septmeber 2017 - so for the teams in the leagues at that time. Also from Wikipedia.</p><p></p><p>My number was actually 170 NZ players in those 4 leagues. </p><p></p><p>My criteria was NZ raised - so it didn't include any players who moved to NZ as adults or on high school scholarships. As for quality - 10 of the players in the Japanese Top League I'd never heard of and didn't have active wikipedia links, so relying on the accuracy of their wiki nationality indicator.</p><p></p><p>So my guess that there was an extra 40 or so hidden NZ players in the OP spreadsheet is pretty accurate.</p><p></p><p>My study also went a bit further and I also added up those in Pro D4, Leeds and Bristol (pro teams in the semi-pro Championship) and NZers in Australian SR teams.</p><p></p><p>There were another 39 in Pro D2 , while some are ex-All Black level - again some I'd never heard of and didn't have active links, just relying on the accuracy of their wiki nationality indicator), 6 in Australia, 8 and Leeds and Bristol. </p><p></p><p>223 in total.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Immenso, post: 905256, member: 74361"] I actually did something similar to this a while ago, but just from an NZ perspective. As I was interested to know how many NZ rugby players were playing pro overseas in the top leagues. I just found the spreadsheet I made, it was from Septmeber 2017 - so for the teams in the leagues at that time. Also from Wikipedia. My number was actually 170 NZ players in those 4 leagues. My criteria was NZ raised - so it didn't include any players who moved to NZ as adults or on high school scholarships. As for quality - 10 of the players in the Japanese Top League I'd never heard of and didn't have active wikipedia links, so relying on the accuracy of their wiki nationality indicator. So my guess that there was an extra 40 or so hidden NZ players in the OP spreadsheet is pretty accurate. My study also went a bit further and I also added up those in Pro D4, Leeds and Bristol (pro teams in the semi-pro Championship) and NZers in Australian SR teams. There were another 39 in Pro D2 , while some are ex-All Black level - again some I'd never heard of and didn't have active links, just relying on the accuracy of their wiki nationality indicator), 6 in Australia, 8 and Leeds and Bristol. 223 in total. [/QUOTE]
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