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<blockquote data-quote="smartcooky" data-source="post: 280523"><p><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Woldog @ Sep 29 2009, 12:22 AM) <a href="http://index.php?act=findpost&pid=414003" target="_blank"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div></p><p></p><p></p><p>They aren't called the "Auckland" Blues, "Wellington" Hurricanes. etc etc</p><p></p><p>They were originally, but in 2000 all of New Zealand's Super 12 franchises dropped the geographical identifiers from their official names, as it was felt this tended to exclude the other unions involved. Each franchise is entitled to draw players from any of its member unions without any player draft or negotiations with another franchise. </p><p></p><p>Also, this is not just paying lip service to those Provincial Unions. There have been players from member unions, both Heartland and ANZC/NPC Unions who have either played for, or been in the wider training squads of Super Rugby franchises.......plenty of Hawkes Bay/Taranaki players fronting for the Hurricanes, Southland players for the Highlanders, BoP players for the Chiefs etc.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="smartcooky, post: 280523"] <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Woldog @ Sep 29 2009, 12:22 AM) [url='index.php?act=findpost&pid=414003']<{POST_SNAPBACK}>[/url]</div> They aren't called the "Auckland" Blues, "Wellington" Hurricanes. etc etc They were originally, but in 2000 all of New Zealand's Super 12 franchises dropped the geographical identifiers from their official names, as it was felt this tended to exclude the other unions involved. Each franchise is entitled to draw players from any of its member unions without any player draft or negotiations with another franchise. Also, this is not just paying lip service to those Provincial Unions. There have been players from member unions, both Heartland and ANZC/NPC Unions who have either played for, or been in the wider training squads of Super Rugby franchises.......plenty of Hawkes Bay/Taranaki players fronting for the Hurricanes, Southland players for the Highlanders, BoP players for the Chiefs etc. [/QUOTE]
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