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Why are the All Blacks Rugby team allowed to recruit from other countries?
Why are The All Blacks allowed to recruit from outher countries when the call themselves New Zealand? Shouldn't they be call 'The Islanders All Blacks'?
ok here we go with the poaching debate..... again......
In terms of the biggest showing NZ has supplied the biggest number of players (47) spread across 10 different countries them being Samoa, Fiji, Wales, England, Italy, Ireland, Tonga, USA and Japan the largest contingent being here in NZ with 22 players, out of the 30 strong squad 8 of them come from the Pacific 5 from Samoa, 2 from Fiji, and 1 from Tonga.
Getting back to the "poaching'', none of the eight players in the NZ team were ever poached as you put it for there rugby talents, they arrive here from there prospective Island with there families where they were little and I surpose if you want to take it as far as that 'sivivatu' would be the only player that would come close as he arrived in NZ in his teens.
Surprising to add out of the 30 strong samoa squad 12 of them are actually born in NZ.
In terms of % as 'redzonecash' has kindly added to the mix, NZ has 73% home grown talent. Putting it all into perspective Italy has the least number of Italians in its team with 47%.
I think you will find that we as a country do have home grown talent.
What is the best online site for watching All Blacks rugby from overseas?
We are in Canada and need to see the games! Thanks for your help...
Try MediaZone.com - link below:
http://www.mediazone.com/channel/rugby/jsp/2006/junetours.jsp
A puzzling question about the All Blacks and Rugby World Cups?
I always have wondered as to why the All Blacks have won only just one WC even though they have always fielded simply fantasic teams. Can you guys / gals try and solve this mystery? While you're at it try and point out why France has never won a WC and whether they'll have something special this time around.
Oh we (Kiwi's) have an excuse/reason for every single world cup failure... and here they are!!!
1991: We rested on the glory of the first world cup and sent as many veterans of the 1987 cup as we could find, even though most of them should have retired but held on until the world cup, and they simply were not good enough to beat the top teams. This is something that we've never done again and we actually consistantly field some of the youngest teams in international rugby... something we'd pay for in a later world cup.
1995: We learnt from the 1991 debacle and sent the best team we could, and honestly, the best team in the world (and I know this will sound like an excuse but it's not) but immediately after the semi final, the All Blacks were hit very hard by a mysterious food poisoning outbreak. It supposedly was deliberate as the woman that served the drinks turned out to not even be an employee of the hotel and was never found. Right or wrong, most of the team didnt practice before the final and some were still ill when the final was played. Even so, South Africa were a great team and were playing for more than just the trophy, and they won... as any top team can do on any day.
1999: The infamous France collapse. Anyone that knows world rugby, knows that a season in France will toughen you up FAST. They swing wildly between brilliant and abysmal but they are ALWAYS tough up front. New Zealand had a very young forward pack, particularly the front row and they were, plainly, man handled. The French used every trick in the book and some outside the book and basically, our young pack was chewed up and spat out. Everyone knows that if you dont win up front, you dont win at all.
2003: Basically, Australia went into that game playing only defense. Everyone knew NZ were an offensive powerhouse and Australia went in with one aim... to stop NZ tries and maybe steal a win with penalties... as it turned out, they grabbed an intercept try as well. Has to rate as one of the most boring games ever.
A lot of people will say they are chokers, but thats pretty much ridiculous since players and staff are constantly rotated out of the team. The honest truth behind the chokers tag is that all the other nations want it to be true because they have nothing else to cling to. If everyone truly believed they would lose, then no one would be paying them any attention... instead, they head into every tournament as a favourite. Also, if everyone that calls them chokers, was forced to bet their lives on a winner (if they were honest) most would bet on BLACK!!!
Is the Munster v All Blacks rugby game being shown on TV in the UK?
I can't seem to find info anywhere. It looks as though SKY in NZ are showing it though so it must be recorded. HELP! Don't want to miss it.
It's 7:30 Tuesday night GMT (i think!)
It's not on Setanta either.
what tv channel is covering the all blacks england rugby game? Am in singapore?
last few games (ireland, Wales) were on supersports, but the England game does not seem to be..any idea what channel it may be on?
Aside from the six nations..Sky Sports has all the England Games (for the next five years).
