Quote ="AdmiralHanson"One area that Union can't point the finger at us is with International Eligability and Selection .... IIRC, Gower is selected via a grandparent ruling ? Their criteria is a joke.
Just in the same way that well-know Englishman, Henry Paul got a game for the rah-rahs. They have a residency ruling ... Basically, live there long enough and you can play for 'em. They even ignored the fact that most of the time he was here, he was playing a certain other code they don't like to mention.
I will of course totally agree with the idea, when that popular Frenchman Clint Greenshields turns out for Les Blues in the Quad Nations RL at the end of the season.'"
Nobody is as bad as the Scottish RFU for this, at one time the team was 50% Kiwi. I know a lot of Sweaties immigrated out there but I struggle to see how that makes you eligable. Being unable to be selected for your actual national team because you are not good enough is no reason to then be allowed to be selected for a country that's got a crap team. There was one prop they fielded who was born in Bath, his parents born in Bath, his grandparent born in Bath. I think a neighbour had eaten shortbread once.
