Spain calling for match v Belgium to be replayed.
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The Pacific teams are the type who can be awful for two years straight, and then get the rare opportunity to have a full squad of players and time together in camp before a RWC. And then they go and smash up a Tier One nation, e.g Fiji 2007, Tonga 2011, W.Samoa in 1991 and 1995, etc.
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Yep.neiliog93 wrote:The Pacific teams are the type who can be awful for two years straight, and then get the rare opportunity to have a full squad of players and time together in camp before a RWC. And then they go and smash up a Tier One nation, e.g Fiji 2007, Tonga 2011, W.Samoa in 1991 and 1995, etc.
Imagine if other nations didn't constantly poach their players, they had actual facilities /backing to compete properly.
Re: Spain calling for match v Belgium to be replayed.
Not to get too Dave Cahill but the players want to play abroad to earn well for their families.kermischocolate wrote:Yep.neiliog93 wrote:The Pacific teams are the type who can be awful for two years straight, and then get the rare opportunity to have a full squad of players and time together in camp before a RWC. And then they go and smash up a Tier One nation, e.g Fiji 2007, Tonga 2011, W.Samoa in 1991 and 1995, etc.
Imagine if other nations didn't constantly poach their players, they had actual facilities /backing to compete properly.
A lot of them also value Europen/Kiwi/Aussie clubs that somewhat have their sh!t together rather than unions/government pretending to be sporting governing bodies f%~king everything up every big tournament in terms of funding/stealing their gear for themselves/to sell etc.
It's less of a crime when the victim is an active agent in it. It's more the bleating of journalists and people on message boards about 'theoretical Cook Island XVs' than the players involved.
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Of course they do. And no one can blame them for that.Morf wrote:Not to get too Dave Cahill but the players want to play abroad to earn well for their families.kermischocolate wrote:Yep.neiliog93 wrote:The Pacific teams are the type who can be awful for two years straight, and then get the rare opportunity to have a full squad of players and time together in camp before a RWC. And then they go and smash up a Tier One nation, e.g Fiji 2007, Tonga 2011, W.Samoa in 1991 and 1995, etc.
Imagine if other nations didn't constantly poach their players, they had actual facilities /backing to compete properly.
A lot of them also value Europen/Kiwi/Aussie clubs that somewhat have their sh!t together rather than unions/government pretending to be sporting governing bodies f%~king everything up every big tournament in terms of funding/stealing their gear for themselves/to sell etc.
It's less of a crime when the victim is an active agent in it. It's more the bleating of journalists and people on message boards about 'theoretical Cook Island XVs' than the players involved.
I still think in a mythical world where the pacific islands had access to the same type of set up as the tier one nations it would be a brilliant thing.
Re: Spain calling for match v Belgium to be replayed.
Yeah, t'would be a fine thing so see full-strength Fiji, Somoa and Tonga ripping through a RWC where your own country wasn't on the sharp end of a mass Islander side-step.kermischocolate wrote:Of course they do. And no one can blame them for that.
I still think in a mythical world where the pacific islands had access to the same type of set up as the tier one nations it would be a brilliant thing.