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Samoan players not eligible to play for Samoa
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<blockquote data-quote="hamo" data-source="post: 133084"><p>Exactly, those players aren't Samoans, they are New Zealanders of samoan ethnicity.</p><p></p><p>[/b]</p></blockquote><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p>Wrong, regardless of some of them being born in NZ or not they would class themselves as Samoans living in New Zealand or Samoan New Zealanders. All of these guys are 100% Samoan :wall: and will tell you that they are Samoan even though they were born in NZ. </p><p></p><p>You are right one part and that is where political correctness plays its part, when they sign their contracts for the AB they will say they own a NZ passport and they are "New Zealander", but really they are Samoans living in NZ. NZ doesn't even have main ethnicity, well apart from the Maoris and Europeans which Samoans dont fit in either one. Though i believe there is a Polynesian category. </p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p>Johnny Leo'o played for the AB's at one point i believe but he is no longer cut for the team, which has made him ineligible to represent Manu Samoa- something he "regrets", his royalty shows that blood is thicker than water but also that getting paid more by the AB's is more important than a few words that class him as a "NZ'er".</p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p>I myself am a Samoan that lived in NZ.</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p>
[QUOTE="hamo, post: 133084"] Exactly, those players aren't Samoans, they are New Zealanders of samoan ethnicity. [/b][/quote] Wrong, regardless of some of them being born in NZ or not they would class themselves as Samoans living in New Zealand or Samoan New Zealanders. All of these guys are 100% Samoan :wall: and will tell you that they are Samoan even though they were born in NZ. You are right one part and that is where political correctness plays its part, when they sign their contracts for the AB they will say they own a NZ passport and they are "New Zealander", but really they are Samoans living in NZ. NZ doesn't even have main ethnicity, well apart from the Maoris and Europeans which Samoans dont fit in either one. Though i believe there is a Polynesian category. Johnny Leo'o played for the AB's at one point i believe but he is no longer cut for the team, which has made him ineligible to represent Manu Samoa- something he "regrets", his royalty shows that blood is thicker than water but also that getting paid more by the AB's is more important than a few words that class him as a "NZ'er". I myself am a Samoan that lived in NZ. [/QUOTE]
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