Pasifika SR team
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@machpants said in Pasifika SR team:
I guess that would mean only Tonga and Samoa qualified could play, so they would have to move Lincoln (for example) on. You'd also wonder if kiwi with heritage will turn down playing for MP because it would tie them in, and end their chance of playing for ABs
Yep, that's the risk they take if they use the team in that method. It will weaken the strength of the team in the long run which will in turn make the team less attractive to PIs choosing between MP and NH contracts.
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I think it's completely wrong to capture players other than via the 1st and 2nd senior national team. If they want this, move the team to Tonga or Samoa. Hale T-Pole calls them Tongan and Samoan kids, but basically they are NZ kids of Tongan and Samoan heritage. If WR decides to allow this while MP is based in NZ, they should abolish the grandparent rule.
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@stargazer said in Pasifika SR team:
I think it's completely wrong to capture players other than via the 1st and 2nd senior national team. If they want this, move the team to Tonga or Samoa. Hale T-Pole calls them Tongan and Samoan kids, but basically they are NZ kids of Tongan and Samoan heritage. If WR decides to allow this while MP is based in NZ, they should abolish the grandparent rule.
Half of both those teams are
So not much of a change!
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@daffy-jaffy For who doesn't know who they are and what positions they're playing:
Cook Island lock, Mike McKee (Southland), and Tongan locking duo, Don Lolo (‘Ikale Tahi) & Veikoso Poloniati (Manawatu)
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@stargazer
Veikoso Poloniati 27 years old , listed at 1.96 122kgs ex Sacred Heart ..played Heartland Rugby for South Canterbury and is currently in the Manawatu Turbos squad .
Don Lolo has played club for Taiere Rugby in Dunedin and heartland for North Otago
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@steven-harris don lolo is well over 6,2
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@ploughboy , those stats did look very suspicious, especially the 209 pounds ,which equates to 94kgs .., how tall would you say he is..?
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@steven-harris 6.5 6.6 last time i saw him he had filled out to very solid that would have been a couple of months before he played ABs. he had also turned down playing for otago in the last few seasons
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@ploughboy has he got game ..?, what are his strengths..?
Looks like an athlete.
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@steven-harris
don lifting in that photo
havent seen him play live in years . he likes to carrying and hits hard very physical , i would expect him to improve considerately from all blacks game where he had hardly been training wouldnt have been surprised if he had only been going to club training and stuff all else. one of those kids who just never got a break when younger will be very interested how he goes with a full time gig. -
Lolo looks more than useful
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@stargazer all jokes aside the canes v MP game should be played in Napier
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