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Who do you think are more of the player poaches NZ or Northern Hemisphere?
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<blockquote data-quote="fcukernaut" data-source="post: 147724"><p>There is not a single player on the All Blacks squad that has been poached. There are 8 players who were born overseas(Jerry Collins, Rodney So'oialo, Chris Masoe, Mils Muliaina, Isaia Toeava, Sione, Lauaki, Joe Rokocoko and Sitiveni Sivivatu), yet they all grew up in New Zealand. Last time I checked 6 year olds don't make their international debuts. Since they did immigrate into New Zealand at such a young age, with their families, the islands have no claim to them. The NZRU developed these players, not the islands. The NZRU are the ones who have spent the money developing them. Do you really think Jerry Collins would be the player he is today if he wasn't in the NZ system? It is completed absurd to suggest that the NZRU have pillaged anything, and I wish people, most noteably journalists, would do a bit of research before spouting idiotic ideas.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="fcukernaut, post: 147724"] There is not a single player on the All Blacks squad that has been poached. There are 8 players who were born overseas(Jerry Collins, Rodney So'oialo, Chris Masoe, Mils Muliaina, Isaia Toeava, Sione, Lauaki, Joe Rokocoko and Sitiveni Sivivatu), yet they all grew up in New Zealand. Last time I checked 6 year olds don't make their international debuts. Since they did immigrate into New Zealand at such a young age, with their families, the islands have no claim to them. The NZRU developed these players, not the islands. The NZRU are the ones who have spent the money developing them. Do you really think Jerry Collins would be the player he is today if he wasn't in the NZ system? It is completed absurd to suggest that the NZRU have pillaged anything, and I wish people, most noteably journalists, would do a bit of research before spouting idiotic ideas. [/QUOTE]
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