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Why Jarryd Hayne has played for Fiji?
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<blockquote data-quote="nickdnz" data-source="post: 744284" data-attributes="member: 38640"><p>Offered no helpful or new information.</p><p></p><p>1. No age grade rugby locks a team to a nation. I am referring to full test caps.</p><p>2. Your examples in the amature days, or early 2000s don't really add anything - as I am discussing current eligability laws. Current Rugby Union laws prohibit changing Nations - except with a new Olympics 7s loophole, which I agree should be closed, but had only effected 1 player.</p><p>3. There are many league examples, but rather than list every player - I will tell you the League laws which states: </p><p></p><p>3.3 A player who is eligible to play for more than one country shall be entitled to elect for which country he wishes to play. When a player plays a Senior International Match for a country, he is deemed to have elected to play for that country. Subject to Rule 3.5, once an election is made the player may not play Senior representative rugby league for any other country until the end of the next World Cup tournament, or the expiry of two years, whichever is earlier (“Election Periodâ€).</p><p>3.4 After the expiry of an Election Period, the player may elect to play for another country if he is eligible, but once he so elects (or is deemed to elect by playing in a Senior International Match) he may not play for another country until the expiry of another Election Period.</p><p>3.5 During an Election Period, a player may change from one country to another for which he is eligible pursuant to Rule 3.1, with the approval of the Federation (but he may only change once in each Election Period).</p><p></p><p>Being able to change Nations every 2 years is my view, is a joke. Also: similar to rugby it is only 3 years of residence in a nation to qualify.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nickdnz, post: 744284, member: 38640"] Offered no helpful or new information. 1. No age grade rugby locks a team to a nation. I am referring to full test caps. 2. Your examples in the amature days, or early 2000s don't really add anything - as I am discussing current eligability laws. Current Rugby Union laws prohibit changing Nations - except with a new Olympics 7s loophole, which I agree should be closed, but had only effected 1 player. 3. There are many league examples, but rather than list every player - I will tell you the League laws which states: 3.3 A player who is eligible to play for more than one country shall be entitled to elect for which country he wishes to play. When a player plays a Senior International Match for a country, he is deemed to have elected to play for that country. Subject to Rule 3.5, once an election is made the player may not play Senior representative rugby league for any other country until the end of the next World Cup tournament, or the expiry of two years, whichever is earlier (“Election Periodâ€). 3.4 After the expiry of an Election Period, the player may elect to play for another country if he is eligible, but once he so elects (or is deemed to elect by playing in a Senior International Match) he may not play for another country until the expiry of another Election Period. 3.5 During an Election Period, a player may change from one country to another for which he is eligible pursuant to Rule 3.1, with the approval of the Federation (but he may only change once in each Election Period). Being able to change Nations every 2 years is my view, is a joke. Also: similar to rugby it is only 3 years of residence in a nation to qualify. [/QUOTE]
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