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@voodoo said in World Rugby Board elections:
@Bones said in World Rugby Board elections:
@voodoo sevens/olympics.
But a guy who plays for the AB's/Ireland at test level can't play for Samoa/Tonga ever again
Why?
They can though.
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@Catogrande said in World Rugby Board elections:
@voodoo said in World Rugby Board elections:
@nzzp said in World Rugby Board elections:
@voodoo said in World Rugby Board elections:
Take the hypothetical bloke, born in Samoa, goes to school in NZ, plays 15 games for the AB's, then decides at 24yrs old to return to his village in Samoa.
We have decided that he should no longer be able to practice his profession at the highest level, because why? What's the reason why he couldn't play for Samoa after a period of stand-down? What arw we protecting against ???
It's insane to me
Other hypothetical bloke, born in Samoa, schooled in NZ, plays an 8 game season for Samoa and stars. Now he's good, he declares his residence in Auckland to make money for the ABs.
Fast forward 4 years, he's not the cream of the crop any more, and solid squad player (somewhere outside the 23). Decides to cash in, so moves to London, declares through a grandparent he's now English.
Still happy with that scenario?
Edit: or England come knocking dangling fat cheques in front of him while he's playing for NZ...
I don't like it. International sport is one country, with difficulties in changing for a reason
That's obviously a reach, but I'm still actually ok with it. We live in an international world. No other business other than sport, restricts your rights to ply your trade like this. Fuck, even politics doesn't, though you might have to renounce citizenship or get rid of a passport.
There are no restrictions on plying their trade, just representing their country.
I really think this is only really an issue for the PIs and I'd agree that they are perhaps a special case in that it is impossible for the guys to ply their trade and make the sort of money they warrant and remain on island. Inevitably they will gravitate to places where they can earn good money. That issue isn't going away anytime soon, so it is about how to protect the international side of things for the PIs.
The idea of representing a T1 nation and then reverting to a T2 nation has merit but IMO it also has problems. The emotional side of me suggests it will encourage a mercenary attitude and potentially a dilution of the International game but perhaps that is a reach. The more rational side of me (yes, there is such a thing) feels that it may do more harm in the long run than good. Will it encourage more guys to opt for a T1 show knowing that if it doesn't work out there is a fallback option? Will it result in a dearth of younger talent available to the PIs and instead see their national teams full of over the hill guys that waltz back into the set up and block younger guys from coming through?
Then you have the qualification criteria. What will it entail? How long a residential qualification? Is residential qualification actually workable? How will the guys earn living if they have to be based on island? Would there be a stand down period between representing the T1 nation and starting for the T2? I guess there would have to be, but for how long? What about the guy who is playing for the T1 nation and they still want him but he decides he want out?
A great idea in principle but I'm not sure it's actually that workable.
The other issue with this Tier 1 to Tier 2 proposal is at what point does a Tier 2 nation become Tier 1?
We keep hearing about how great Tier 1 nations would be if they could select everyone who could potentially quality for them. Well if that's the case, then surely those Tier 2 sides would starting beating the Tier 1 teams, in which case maybe they can no longer be considered Tier 2? But if that's the case, then why should they be able to still select guys who had previously played in Tier 1 teams?
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@voodoo said in World Rugby Board elections:
@Bones said in World Rugby Board elections:
@voodoo said in World Rugby Board elections:
@Bones said in World Rugby Board elections:
@voodoo because "T2" nations get fucked over! Who in their right mind is going to return to Samoa at 24 when they can go to Ireland and spend 5 years qualifying for Ireland while earning hundreds of thousands of Euro?
No no no!!!
That is the status quo! That their players leave to play overseas, first at club level then often at international level - I'm just trying to find some avenue for T2 nations to field their best teams! Why is it detrimental to allow quality players to return and contribute to their homelands at some point?
Well no - under status quo, player that goes to Ireland and looks to play for Samoa et al still has an avenue back. You want to change it so that player now has to move to Samoa, not play professional rugby and wait 5 years.
@Bones said in World Rugby Board elections:
@voodoo said in World Rugby Board elections:
@Bones said in World Rugby Board elections:
@voodoo because "T2" nations get fucked over! Who in their right mind is going to return to Samoa at 24 when they can go to Ireland and spend 5 years qualifying for Ireland while earning hundreds of thousands of Euro?
No no no!!!
That is the status quo! That their players leave to play overseas, first at club level then often at international level - I'm just trying to find some avenue for T2 nations to field their best teams! Why is it detrimental to allow quality players to return and contribute to their homelands at some point?
Well no - under status quo, player that goes to Ireland and looks to play for Samoa et al still has an avenue back. You want to change it so that player now has to move to Samoa, not play professional rugby and wait 5 years.
No, only if they represent Ireland then want to switch should they have to fulfill that residency requirement back in Samoa. Seems weird to allow someone to move from Samoa to Ireland to play club and test footy, then to stay in Ireland but play for Samoa???
But in that case no one is going to switch back to Samoa are they? Because that would preclude them playing club or franchise footy and earning heaps of coin elsewhere
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@Bones said in World Rugby Board elections:
@voodoo said in World Rugby Board elections:
@Bones said in World Rugby Board elections:
@voodoo sevens/olympics.
But a guy who plays for the AB's/Ireland at test level can't play for Samoa/Tonga ever again
Why?
They can though.
Isn't this the current rule ?
When is a player ‘captured’ by a country?
Captured is the term used when a player becomes tied to one country and can no longer represent another nation on the international stage. This happens when a player plays for one of three teams:
The senior 15-a-side national representative team of a union. This is quite simple and basically means playing in a Test match, eg England v Ireland in the Six Nations.
The next senior 15-a-side national representative team of a union. This is where it gets slightly complicated as each union may have a different idea of what to nominate as their second team. It could be an A team, like England Saxons, but it’s up to each union to decide which team they want to designate as their ‘next senior’ side. In the past some unions have nominated their U20 side, but since the start of 2018 they are no longer able to do that.
The senior national representative sevens team of a union where the player is aged 20 or older or, if at an Olympics or Sevens World Cup, the player has reached the age of majority (18). -
@junior said in World Rugby Board elections:
@voodoo said in World Rugby Board elections:
@Bones said in World Rugby Board elections:
@voodoo said in World Rugby Board elections:
@Bones said in World Rugby Board elections:
@voodoo because "T2" nations get fucked over! Who in their right mind is going to return to Samoa at 24 when they can go to Ireland and spend 5 years qualifying for Ireland while earning hundreds of thousands of Euro?
No no no!!!
That is the status quo! That their players leave to play overseas, first at club level then often at international level - I'm just trying to find some avenue for T2 nations to field their best teams! Why is it detrimental to allow quality players to return and contribute to their homelands at some point?
Well no - under status quo, player that goes to Ireland and looks to play for Samoa et al still has an avenue back. You want to change it so that player now has to move to Samoa, not play professional rugby and wait 5 years.
@Bones said in World Rugby Board elections:
@voodoo said in World Rugby Board elections:
@Bones said in World Rugby Board elections:
@voodoo because "T2" nations get fucked over! Who in their right mind is going to return to Samoa at 24 when they can go to Ireland and spend 5 years qualifying for Ireland while earning hundreds of thousands of Euro?
No no no!!!
That is the status quo! That their players leave to play overseas, first at club level then often at international level - I'm just trying to find some avenue for T2 nations to field their best teams! Why is it detrimental to allow quality players to return and contribute to their homelands at some point?
Well no - under status quo, player that goes to Ireland and looks to play for Samoa et al still has an avenue back. You want to change it so that player now has to move to Samoa, not play professional rugby and wait 5 years.
No, only if they represent Ireland then want to switch should they have to fulfill that residency requirement back in Samoa. Seems weird to allow someone to move from Samoa to Ireland to play club and test footy, then to stay in Ireland but play for Samoa???
But in that case no one is going to switch back to Samoa are they? Because that would preclude them playing club or franchise footy and earning heaps of coin elsewhere
Who knows? Maybe a 33yr who has played 10yrs of club footy in Europe and made heaps of cash wants to go and give back to his community and also represent his country of birth?
The better question is why would we want to stop him if he did?
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@voodoo I assume @Bones is referring to the Olympic 7s loophole. It's possible to play for another country, but it's not easy. For example, they must have a passport of the new country they wish to represent, participate in an "Olympic event" (defined by WR Schedule 2) and respect a stand-down period of 3 years.
See particularly Regulations 8.7 and 8.12
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The only way to ever solve this is to make sure you get paid the same whether you play a test for Samoa or for England. Then you can choose to play for the country where you live, and who taught you to play rugby, or the country where your parents were born.
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@Stargazer said in World Rugby Board elections:
@voodoo I assume @Bones is referring to the Olympic 7s loophole. It's possible to play for another country, but it's not easy. For example, they must have a passport of the new country they wish to represent, participate in an "Olympic event" (defined by WR Schedule 2) and respect a stand-down period of 3 years.
See particularly Regulations 8.7 and 8.12
Ahh, thanks. Pretty limited loophole though
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@mariner4life said in World Rugby Board elections:
The only way to ever solve this is to make sure you get paid the same whether you play a test for Samoa or for England. Then you can choose to play for the country where you live, and who taught you to play rugby, or the country where your parents were born.
And remove central funding by the unions of domestic contracts, and the conditions they put on it.
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@voodoo said in World Rugby Board elections:
@Stargazer said in World Rugby Board elections:
@voodoo I assume @Bones is referring to the Olympic 7s loophole. It's possible to play for another country, but it's not easy. For example, they must have a passport of the new country they wish to represent, participate in an "Olympic event" (defined by WR Schedule 2) and respect a stand-down period of 3 years.
See particularly Regulations 8.7 and 8.12
Ahh, thanks. Pretty limited loophole though
Hah, as opposed to giving up rugby altogether?
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@Bones said in World Rugby Board elections:
@voodoo said in World Rugby Board elections:
@Stargazer said in World Rugby Board elections:
@voodoo I assume @Bones is referring to the Olympic 7s loophole. It's possible to play for another country, but it's not easy. For example, they must have a passport of the new country they wish to represent, participate in an "Olympic event" (defined by WR Schedule 2) and respect a stand-down period of 3 years.
See particularly Regulations 8.7 and 8.12
Ahh, thanks. Pretty limited loophole though
Hah, as opposed to giving up rugby altogether?
Well its something, sure , but now you're planning your retirement carefully around a 4yr cycle, obvs not as easy.
I just don't get what problem we are solving for by banning these guys from going home and representing another country that they choose to make home.
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@voodoo look, your proposal is fine, it would be entirely unused by any "T2" nation. Around about zero PIs are going to "head home" and end up representing another country years later after playing amateur club rugby in the islands. It's pointless in that regard.
So basically all it becomes is another tool to entice young project players to richer nations. One which fits perfectly with club greed to entice a player to turn their back on their T2 country in the hope they might get more money in 5 years.
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@Bones said in World Rugby Board elections:
@voodoo look, your proposal is fine, it would be entirely unused by any "T2" nation. Around about zero PIs are going to "head home" and end up representing another country years later after playing amateur club rugby in the islands. It's pointless in that regard.
So basically all it becomes is another tool to entice young project players to richer nations. One which fits perfectly with club greed to entice a player to turn their back on their T2 country in the hope they might get more money in 5 years.
That's BS, there are plenty enough incentives to get young PI kids out at the moment, this wouldn't do a damn thing to increase the flow
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@Bones said in World Rugby Board elections:
@voodoo look, your proposal is fine, it would be entirely unused by any "T2" nation. Around about zero PIs are going to "head home" and end up representing another country years later after playing amateur club rugby in the islands. It's pointless in that regard.
So basically all it becomes is another tool to entice young project players to richer nations. One which fits perfectly with club greed to entice a player to turn their back on their T2 country in the hope they might get more money in 5 years.
And look, to be clear, I don't have a proposal. I don't have a set of guidelines that I'd like to see in place.
But I genuinely don't understand why we should stop someone playing for a 2nd country if they choose to make that country their home.
I really don't get it
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@voodoo said in World Rugby Board elections:
@Bones said in World Rugby Board elections:
@voodoo look, your proposal is fine, it would be entirely unused by any "T2" nation. Around about zero PIs are going to "head home" and end up representing another country years later after playing amateur club rugby in the islands. It's pointless in that regard.
So basically all it becomes is another tool to entice young project players to richer nations. One which fits perfectly with club greed to entice a player to turn their back on their T2 country in the hope they might get more money in 5 years.
And look, to be clear, I don't have a proposal. I don't have a set of guidelines that I'd like to see in place.
But I genuinely don't understand why we should stop someone playing for a 2nd country if they choose to make that country their home.
How long is it their home for? The year RWC squads are announced?
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@voodoo said in World Rugby Board elections:
they choose to make that country their home.
why do you keep saying this. Approximately zero players will head back and actually live in the islands.
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@voodoo said in World Rugby Board elections:
@Bones said in World Rugby Board elections:
@voodoo look, your proposal is fine, it would be entirely unused by any "T2" nation. Around about zero PIs are going to "head home" and end up representing another country years later after playing amateur club rugby in the islands. It's pointless in that regard.
So basically all it becomes is another tool to entice young project players to richer nations. One which fits perfectly with club greed to entice a player to turn their back on their T2 country in the hope they might get more money in 5 years.
And look, to be clear, I don't have a proposal. I don't have a set of guidelines that I'd like to see in place.
But I genuinely don't understand why we should stop someone playing for a 2nd country if they choose to make that country their home.
I really don't get it
I'm gobsmacked you think project players are a good idea, but there you go.
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@antipodean said in World Rugby Board elections:
@voodoo said in World Rugby Board elections:
@Bones said in World Rugby Board elections:
@voodoo look, your proposal is fine, it would be entirely unused by any "T2" nation. Around about zero PIs are going to "head home" and end up representing another country years later after playing amateur club rugby in the islands. It's pointless in that regard.
So basically all it becomes is another tool to entice young project players to richer nations. One which fits perfectly with club greed to entice a player to turn their back on their T2 country in the hope they might get more money in 5 years.
And look, to be clear, I don't have a proposal. I don't have a set of guidelines that I'd like to see in place.
But I genuinely don't understand why we should stop someone playing for a 2nd country if they choose to make that country their home.
How long is it their home for? The year RWC squads are announced?
Again, I don't have a proposal for you clearly it should be meaningful though. If I played 2 tests for NZ, then marry a Scot and live there for the rest of my life, it feels right that I should have the option to represent them at footy outside the Olympics
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@mariner4life said in World Rugby Board elections:
@voodoo said in World Rugby Board elections:
they choose to make that country their home.
why do you keep saying this. Approximately zero players will head back and actually live in the islands.
Then why have a rule stopping them? What are you worried about?
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@voodoo said in World Rugby Board elections:
@mariner4life said in World Rugby Board elections:
@voodoo said in World Rugby Board elections:
they choose to make that country their home.
why do you keep saying this. Approximately zero players will head back and actually live in the islands.
Then why have a rule stopping them? What are you worried about?
The fucken players going the other way! For money!
