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<blockquote data-quote="psychic duck" data-source="post: 554686" data-attributes="member: 48703"><p>You mean if the IRB stop player poaching so Samoa/Tonga can no longer fill over half their team with second/third generation Islanders who were actually born, raised and products of the New Zealand rugby system?</p><p></p><p>And then watch Samoa fall down from their current high without the likes of New Zealand rugby products Fotuali'i, Paul Williams, Daniel Leo, Ti'i Paulo etc and back down to the mere fleeting one off results that was previously the limits to how much they could achieve.</p><p></p><p>Samoa are only currently in the top 8 thanks to the considerable amount Kiwi players of Samoan descent who went through the best rugby system in the world who they managed to persuade to represent them.</p><p></p><p>And by the way, Pacific Islanders won't happen. The Islands didn't buy properly into the idea as they feared that it may lead to the individual nation becoming like provincial teams to the Pacific Island national team. They will be hellbent on the idea of sacrificing playing for their individual nations.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="psychic duck, post: 554686, member: 48703"] You mean if the IRB stop player poaching so Samoa/Tonga can no longer fill over half their team with second/third generation Islanders who were actually born, raised and products of the New Zealand rugby system? And then watch Samoa fall down from their current high without the likes of New Zealand rugby products Fotuali'i, Paul Williams, Daniel Leo, Ti'i Paulo etc and back down to the mere fleeting one off results that was previously the limits to how much they could achieve. Samoa are only currently in the top 8 thanks to the considerable amount Kiwi players of Samoan descent who went through the best rugby system in the world who they managed to persuade to represent them. And by the way, Pacific Islanders won't happen. The Islands didn't buy properly into the idea as they feared that it may lead to the individual nation becoming like provincial teams to the Pacific Island national team. They will be hellbent on the idea of sacrificing playing for their individual nations. [/QUOTE]
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