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<blockquote data-quote="esoj" data-source="post: 155490"><p>there was this thing called the world cup on this year which meant the top players were always going to miss out on the air nz cup this year. The internationals do play basically all of the air nz cup in non-world cup years. also people knew months in advance that a lot of the international guys would be out of the first half of the super 14.compare what the abs did to South africa who pulled 30 odd player from internationals just weeks away from the game. now that is true devaluing. </p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p>I believe central contracting is key for nz and is one of the big reasons the abs have been so succesful in recent years. Central contracting is what keeps a lot of the top nz talent in nz and in nz teams. I would hate to see the mess of european rugby where often the team is choc full of foregin talent and players cannot always be released to play international rugby. quite simply most teams in nz cannot afford to pay the players and without the nzrfu stepping in overseas clubs would be taking a lot more players from nz.</p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p>Without central contracting I think the situation would be even worse in the air nz cup because only the likes of auckland etc would be able to pay the money the good players want and ask for. also there is a 2 mil salary cap in the air nz cup which has helped a team like hawke's bay have a good year. without the salary cap or nz cup hawke's bay would proabbly still be in division 2. there is also a lot more movement of players in the air nz cup than there ever was in the npc which is another effect of the salary cup which again enables a team like hawke's bay to get some good players. the smaller unions do find it tough without a question but I think they would be even worse off without central contracting to ease some of the finanical burden they face. </p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p>I don't see central contracting ever taking off in europe because the clubs usually have more money than the National Unions. The club v country situation will last for many more years I think and seeing foregin players/internationals in a lot of teams will defintely be alive in the next few years too and perhaps maybe even increase.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="esoj, post: 155490"] there was this thing called the world cup on this year which meant the top players were always going to miss out on the air nz cup this year. The internationals do play basically all of the air nz cup in non-world cup years. also people knew months in advance that a lot of the international guys would be out of the first half of the super 14.compare what the abs did to South africa who pulled 30 odd player from internationals just weeks away from the game. now that is true devaluing. I believe central contracting is key for nz and is one of the big reasons the abs have been so succesful in recent years. Central contracting is what keeps a lot of the top nz talent in nz and in nz teams. I would hate to see the mess of european rugby where often the team is choc full of foregin talent and players cannot always be released to play international rugby. quite simply most teams in nz cannot afford to pay the players and without the nzrfu stepping in overseas clubs would be taking a lot more players from nz. Without central contracting I think the situation would be even worse in the air nz cup because only the likes of auckland etc would be able to pay the money the good players want and ask for. also there is a 2 mil salary cap in the air nz cup which has helped a team like hawke's bay have a good year. without the salary cap or nz cup hawke's bay would proabbly still be in division 2. there is also a lot more movement of players in the air nz cup than there ever was in the npc which is another effect of the salary cup which again enables a team like hawke's bay to get some good players. the smaller unions do find it tough without a question but I think they would be even worse off without central contracting to ease some of the finanical burden they face. I don't see central contracting ever taking off in europe because the clubs usually have more money than the National Unions. The club v country situation will last for many more years I think and seeing foregin players/internationals in a lot of teams will defintely be alive in the next few years too and perhaps maybe even increase. [/QUOTE]
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