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The Forbidden Fruits of Louis Rees-Zammit ; )
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<blockquote data-quote="TRF_Olyy" data-source="post: 983740" data-attributes="member: 34990"><p>I can 'understand' if a guy from one country 'chooses' to rep someone else if he knows he will struggle to make the grade at his nation of birth... or if his country of birth isn't one of the top tier nations (& my judgement here could well be swayed by my subjective viewpoint)... but if those two things don't apply and the player simply opts for what in this case i would imagine would be financial incentive, the only endgame I can see is.... wwwaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyy down the road Wales (as the financial powerhouse) being a world XV and the other national teams being made up of the rest (whom Wales didn't fancy). I know this probably sounds overly alarmist... and in fairness if you've read my posts in the past you'll know that I am particularly fond of hyperbole, so understand that when reading the 'endgame' scenario... but this story just leaves a real bitter taste in the mouth.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TRF_Olyy, post: 983740, member: 34990"] I can ‘understand’ if a guy from one country ‘chooses’ to rep someone else if he knows he will struggle to make the grade at his nation of birth... or if his country of birth isn’t one of the top tier nations (& my judgement here could well be swayed by my subjective viewpoint)... but if those two things don’t apply and the player simply opts for what in this case i would imagine would be financial incentive, the only endgame I can see is.... wwwaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyy down the road Wales (as the financial powerhouse) being a world XV and the other national teams being made up of the rest (whom Wales didn’t fancy). I know this probably sounds overly alarmist... and in fairness if you’ve read my posts in the past you’ll know that I am particularly fond of hyperbole, so understand that when reading the ‘endgame’ scenario... but this story just leaves a real bitter taste in the mouth. [/QUOTE]
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