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Tonga vs Australia A (14/07/23)
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<blockquote data-quote="Umaga&#039;s Witness" data-source="post: 1135079" data-attributes="member: 65365"><p>Why they need is what happened in league where most if the top players eligible for Tonga and Samoa decided to play for Tonga and samoa. (Tongans did t first and made a semifinal of the World Cup. Next World Cup Samoans followed suit and made the final.) </p><p></p><p>If that happens they will be able to become tier 1 nations, which will reduce their desire to play for other international sides. Currently they want to play for other international sides because it promotes their brand better and because they want to play for top teams. If they are a tier 1 team then a lot of that goes away. They would just need to invest in top coaches and convince all the players to do that. </p><p></p><p>Especially now that New Zealanders can play for moana pacifika and still live in NZ; previously every professional rugby team in NZ could only have a very small number of players not eligible for the all blacks. Which means f you play for one of those teams then you are incentivized not to pay for Tonga or samoa.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Umaga's Witness, post: 1135079, member: 65365"] Why they need is what happened in league where most if the top players eligible for Tonga and Samoa decided to play for Tonga and samoa. (Tongans did t first and made a semifinal of the World Cup. Next World Cup Samoans followed suit and made the final.) If that happens they will be able to become tier 1 nations, which will reduce their desire to play for other international sides. Currently they want to play for other international sides because it promotes their brand better and because they want to play for top teams. If they are a tier 1 team then a lot of that goes away. They would just need to invest in top coaches and convince all the players to do that. Especially now that New Zealanders can play for moana pacifika and still live in NZ; previously every professional rugby team in NZ could only have a very small number of players not eligible for the all blacks. Which means f you play for one of those teams then you are incentivized not to pay for Tonga or samoa. [/QUOTE]
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