Six Nations 2023
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@Higgins said in Six Nations 2023:
@Stargazer said in Six Nations 2023:
@Higgins For a rugby player who wants to play test rugby, having a certain passport or citizenship is irrelevant. That's the whole point of the eligibility rules. It only matters for Olympic Sevens, because the Olympic Charter requires an athlete to have the citizenship of the country (s)he represents. Eligibility depends on own birthplace, (grand)parent's birthplace or residency.
Not necessarily, as being a foreign born Citizen may circumvent any residency requirements and if they are good enough (and not tied to any standdown thanks to having represented another country) they could be straight into Test rugby. Think Michael Bent might be an example of this?
No, this is incorrect under World Rugby's eligibility rules. A player has to have a "a genuine, close, credible and established national link" with the country he wishes to represent and that link is assumed to exist if a player is born in that country, his parents or grandparents were born in that country, or he has completed a residency period of 5 years in that country (was 3 years).
See this from the World Rugby's Explanatory Guidelines on the Implementation of Regulation 8:
Michael Bent qualified for Ireland via his Irish grandmother, who was born in Dublin. -
@Crucial said in Six Nations 2023:
Apart from knowing that grandparents came from overseas they have zero attachment to that country culturally, financially or physically.
Yeah definitely depends on the culture though eh, I'll be passing on tabouli recipes to my grand nieces and nephews.
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@Bones said in Six Nations 2023:
@Crucial said in Six Nations 2023:
Apart from knowing that grandparents came from overseas they have zero attachment to that country culturally, financially or physically.
Yeah definitely depends on the culture though eh, I'll be passing on tabouli recipes to my grand nieces and nephews.
So the requirement should be changed to grandparent and the ability to cook a national dish
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@Windows97 said in Six Nations 2023:
@Bones said in Six Nations 2023:
@Crucial said in Six Nations 2023:
Apart from knowing that grandparents came from overseas they have zero attachment to that country culturally, financially or physically.
Yeah definitely depends on the culture though eh, I'll be passing on tabouli recipes to my grand nieces and nephews.
So the requirement should be changed to grandparent and the ability to cook a national dish
Just when are the Phoenix making their 7 nations debut? Might be time to start training.
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@Higgins said in Six Nations 2023:
@Duluth said in Six Nations 2023:
Personally I'm not a fan of the grandparent eligibility. It's not enough of a link in my opinion
Scotland - 8
Wales - 3
Ireland - 2
Italy -2
England - 1
France - 0The grandparent rule can be looked at in two different ways.
My father came to NZ from Northern Ireland as a mature man a few years after WWII ended. Eventually his children came along over a number of years and then his grandchildren. All his grandchildren had huge amounts of contact and involvement with him and were all aware of his heritage, his Irish eccentricities, and most have had contact with family "back home". The quirks of the citizenship laws in Ireland automatically make all the grandchildren citizens of the Republic of Ireland (subject to their births being registered there) and most of them travel on a Republic of Ireland Passport (British Passports being unavailable to them). Most of the grandchildren have spent time living and working in the UK. What I am trying to convey is that the grandchildren still have strong ties to their grandfather's homeland and do not use that twist of fate as an "easy way" around things.
It turns out one of my nephews is currently a part of one of the four Irish United Championship squads and is classified as a local (he is an Irish citizen after all!) and in the unlikely event he ever managed to make the Ireland team would probably be labelled as an "import" (born in NZ to a NZ father/Aussie mother and learnt his rugby in Aus). The "grandparent rule" be dammed, he is about an Irish as a kiwi can get!
The other way I refer to was the case of Thomas the Tank Waldron who had to check with his mother whether his grandparent was English before making himself available for England. If he was committed to England you would have thought he would have known that without any hesitation.So they feel Irish?
Sorry, means nothing to me (in terms of an argument for eligibility).
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Stop press:
Ben Youngs (and hopefully the shite box kick in the opposition 22) have been axed.
England Six Nations squad: Every line-up from the 2024 tournament
England Six Nations squad: all of the matchday 23s Steve Borthwick picked during the 2024 championship campaign.
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@Catogrande said in Six Nations 2023:
Stop press:
Ben Youngs (and hopefully the shite box kick in the opposition 22) have been axed.
England Six Nations squad: Every line-up from the 2024 tournament
England Six Nations squad: all of the matchday 23s Steve Borthwick picked during the 2024 championship campaign.
Well the Dutch named guy was doing it too, so obviously a game plan.
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Racist!
But true he did, however (from memory) not so much when we were hot on attack practically on the Scots’ 22. Certainly not so many times in such a short period and most definitely not when we’re chasing a 3 point game with about 5 minutes to go. Lastly JVPF has certainly not been doing that for the last four years. Plus, I’d be surprised if that was a game plan with Nick Evans as attack coach. At least it had better not be! 😤
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Great story. Like to think this sort of thing would still happen today.
'At least we turned up' – The day England went into the heart of the Troubles
Fifty years on from John Pullin and his team deciding to play in Dublin, Telegraph Sport revisits one of rugby's most significant matches
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18-9 to Ireland
Tries worth 4 point.
England 1 converted try + a penalty
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@Winger said in Six Nations 2023:
18-9 to Ireland
Hence Pullen's famous after-game quote: " We may be crap, but at least we turn up"
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By geez just finished watching Ireland/France game. Waht a bloody ripper, can see why teams are ranked 1 & 2 in world, France seem to me to have a bit more in individual skilled players (just), and Ireland just seem to have a great swarming team type game as they showed over here early in year. They certainly look more than a team that needs Johnny Sexton. In DuPont I think France would have very nearly the best player in world (subjective of course) and I think in him and N'Tamack they get great halves pairing. Also we can not srgue with Ireland's No 1 ranking,
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What strikes me is that both teams are full of world class players and very few average players. This is not the case with the All Blacks at the moment, who have a number of players in their ranks who would not even be selected for the wider squad of either team.
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Bit of a joke really
Ireland have kiwis and aussies in thr back line
The French captain is a fucking saffa
There are like 2 Scots in th3 Scottish team
International invitational XVs
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@mariner4life said in Six Nations 2023:
Bit of a joke really
Ireland have kiwis and aussies in thr back line
The French captain is a fucking saffa
There are like 2 Scots in th3 Scottish team
International invitational XVs
I'm not sure I understand this comment?...
Ireland has aki and Lowe (who are both kiwis) and the rest are Irish?
Dupont is France's captain? And extremely French?
Watch this if you disagree:
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@cgrant said in Six Nations 2023:
What strikes me is that both teams are full of world class players and very few average players. This is not the case with the All Blacks at the moment, who have a number of players in their ranks who would not even be selected for the wider squad of either team.
I not sure about not getting picked for squad, but agree we wouldn't have a hell of a lot that would make run on teams. They are a couple of good teams!
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@Mackerzzzz said in Six Nations 2023:
@mariner4life said in Six Nations 2023:
Bit of a joke really
Ireland have kiwis and aussies in thr back line
The French captain is a fucking saffa
There are like 2 Scots in th3 Scottish team
International invitational XVs
I'm not sure I understand this comment?...
Ireland has aki and Lowe (who are both kiwis) and the rest are Irish?
Dupont is France's captain? And extremely French?
You missed out Mack Hansen (Aussie) from the Irish backline.
The French player who spoke after the game was their South African lock Paul Willemse.
