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<blockquote data-quote="Tomsey" data-source="post: 507685" data-attributes="member: 38105"><p>The practice in not uncommon at all. Australia have been doing it for years. James O'Connor, Quade Cooper, David Pocock, Sitiliki Tamani and most recently Mike Harris were all eligible to play for other countries. Australian Super Rugby providence's even have a "foreign development player" position available in their squads meaning they are allowed to sign a young foreign player in the hope that he will be good and eventually be eligible to play for the Wallabies. </p><p></p><p>I think it's a good move by Scotland. Obviously they don't have the player base at the moment and that doesn't look like it will change anytime soon. They have been struggling for too long on the international stage (including their wooden spoon in this years 6 nations) so good on them for trying to fix the problem instead of giving up and just offering excuses.</p><p></p><p>While I agree that investment in youth development is a better long term solution that's exactly what it is, a long term solution. It will be a 5, maybe 10 year investment and signing foreign players is a good strategy to bridge the gap.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tomsey, post: 507685, member: 38105"] The practice in not uncommon at all. Australia have been doing it for years. James O'Connor, Quade Cooper, David Pocock, Sitiliki Tamani and most recently Mike Harris were all eligible to play for other countries. Australian Super Rugby providence's even have a "foreign development player" position available in their squads meaning they are allowed to sign a young foreign player in the hope that he will be good and eventually be eligible to play for the Wallabies. I think it's a good move by Scotland. Obviously they don't have the player base at the moment and that doesn't look like it will change anytime soon. They have been struggling for too long on the international stage (including their wooden spoon in this years 6 nations) so good on them for trying to fix the problem instead of giving up and just offering excuses. While I agree that investment in youth development is a better long term solution that's exactly what it is, a long term solution. It will be a 5, maybe 10 year investment and signing foreign players is a good strategy to bridge the gap. [/QUOTE]
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