Ardie Savea off to League?
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Wellllll no where does it say that he is off to league. Just low-key thinking about it.
Prolly contract renewal time, is it?
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Click bait
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Lol his comments don't sound serious at all. More a what if than anything else, who knows though, if Super Rugby keeps diminishing then I wouldn't blame him.
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@Stargazer that's a bit weird...he had the chance to play for Samoa I'm sure. And turned it down.
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@Stargazer bit of a loaded question, I mean if someone offered me a million quid to play for England, 100% I would.
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@Bones said in Ardie Savea off to League:
@Stargazer that's a bit weird...he had the chance to play for Samoa I'm sure. And turned it down.
He also said he wanted to play 7s at the Olympics...
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@Bones I think it's important to take into account the first part of the question.
I don't think he ever had the chance to play for Samoa and still have the same opportunities as he has now, playing for the All Blacks.
Financially, it makes a big difference which team you play for, and also which opponents and which tournaments you get to play.
Also, I think a lot of players, from whichever heritage, dream of being an All Black, but still would love to play for the country of their heritage at some point, if that were possible. (I'm not talking about players who - for whatever reason - can't make the ABs anymore).
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@Stargazer said in Ardie Savea off to League:
100%! If I had the chance to switch and play for Samoa, I would.
Fuck that, I don't want people playing for the ABs who want to play for other teams.
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I'm with @Stargazer here. I'd have zero issue with players with other heritage representing those nations post an AB career. You could build whatever rules into it you wanted, tiering of nations (could only go Tier 1 to Tier 2 say), residence, stand-down periods etc.
The only question for me is what is the impact on those nations? For example, perhaps you wouldn't want a bunch of 37yr olds running around for Samoa keeping the young fellas out. But if allowing it is deemed a positive for that country, I just can't see the downside. I'm just not buying the argument that Michael Jones wouldn't have tried as hard for the AB's if he had known he could finish up his career with Samoa.
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