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Cagey Tiger
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Pacific Island teams for Super Rugby

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Article in The Times today (sorry, behind a pay wall - I get the paper edition) saying that a PI team for Fiji and one for Samoa/Tonga are pretty much sorted with financing coming mainly from World Rugby to start with.
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Yeah, I read that on Twitter yesterday (Nadolo commented)

About time I say.
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Agreed, better late than never.
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Could be a nice spot for Manu.

Way overdue, now all it needs is for the Top Tier 1 teams to play there, stop stealing their talent etc etc..
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Not sure it will make any difference with respect to Islanders playing in Europe (inc. UK). I believe the money is better in this part of the world and they are still able to play international rugby.
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Wayne Richardson Fan Club wrote: Thu Mar 25, 2021 10:20 am Could be a nice spot for Manu.

Way overdue, now all it needs is for the Top Tier 1 teams to play there, stop stealing their talent etc etc..
I believe that for the PI teams get a lot more money from playing the autumn internationals in the northern hemisphere than they would from hosting a tour for to limited infrastructure & capacity.

Agree on stop stealing their talent - but how many go over as young (<10 years old) and consider themselves Australian or Kiwi because they grew up there? The slight increase from 3 to 5 years for residency will help a bit
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Noggs wrote: Thu Mar 25, 2021 10:31 am Not sure it will make any difference with respect to Islanders playing in Europe (inc. UK). I believe the money is better in this part of the world and they are still able to play international rugby.
To begin with yes but once the next crop are coming through and they can afford if not the same rates, more competitive rates of pay it may get to a point where they can control mlre where players play. It will also force European clubs to pay more for them as now the choice is move abroad or move abroad further for more money. When one option is stay at home then all of a sudden it takes that much more money to pry players away
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TigerFeetSteve wrote: Thu Mar 25, 2021 10:47 am
Noggs wrote: Thu Mar 25, 2021 10:31 am Not sure it will make any difference with respect to Islanders playing in Europe (inc. UK). I believe the money is better in this part of the world and they are still able to play international rugby.
To begin with yes but once the next crop are coming through and they can afford if not the same rates, more competitive rates of pay it may get to a point where they can control mlre where players play. It will also force European clubs to pay more for them as now the choice is move abroad or move abroad further for more money. When one option is stay at home then all of a sudden it takes that much more money to pry players away
Perhaps but any changes will take time. I can't see anything changing much in the next, say, 10 years but I would be happy to be proved wrong.
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A step in the right direction , at least.....
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