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<blockquote data-quote="Bullitt" data-source="post: 203941"><p>Tat's all dependant on loopholes; In the GP for example, the teams are allowed 1 forigen player, which is basically NZ, Aus & the Americas. SA and the PI's cannot count into these as under european trade laws it counts as discrimination.</p><p></p><p>Another loophole is residency/spousal residency, so Matt Burke (having been in England for so long) was technically English when he retired despite all his Wallabies caps, The Lobbe brothers are fine because they have european wives and Bruce Reihana has a French mother co can play as though he is Les Bleu.</p><p></p><p>It'd be very easy for a team of XV to be made up of forigen players exploiting the system, just look at Worcester!</p><p></p><p>Still, the main reason so many SH guys come here (in England at least) is because of the elitist attitude of the RFU; They believe the development of top players is the sole responsability of the clubs and make minimal investmant into nurturing the youngsters. Playing for England is of highest importance to Baron and co, while the clubs just want a return on their investment that makes it not worth developing youngster who will swan of for pointless SH tours and autumn tests. So for example a Kiwi, who ineligable for the AB because of their selection policy then spends the full season at the club, is a much more sound investment.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bullitt, post: 203941"] Tat's all dependant on loopholes; In the GP for example, the teams are allowed 1 forigen player, which is basically NZ, Aus & the Americas. SA and the PI's cannot count into these as under european trade laws it counts as discrimination. Another loophole is residency/spousal residency, so Matt Burke (having been in England for so long) was technically English when he retired despite all his Wallabies caps, The Lobbe brothers are fine because they have european wives and Bruce Reihana has a French mother co can play as though he is Les Bleu. It'd be very easy for a team of XV to be made up of forigen players exploiting the system, just look at Worcester! Still, the main reason so many SH guys come here (in England at least) is because of the elitist attitude of the RFU; They believe the development of top players is the sole responsability of the clubs and make minimal investmant into nurturing the youngsters. Playing for England is of highest importance to Baron and co, while the clubs just want a return on their investment that makes it not worth developing youngster who will swan of for pointless SH tours and autumn tests. So for example a Kiwi, who ineligable for the AB because of their selection policy then spends the full season at the club, is a much more sound investment. [/QUOTE]
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