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Brad Haddin was not available for selection in the Australian One Day International side to tour the British Isles in June, but if he…
James Tamou should be playing for New Zealand in the test match this Friday. However, he should be playing for the Blues as well.…
Slight edit, he played his first senior football for Roosters, but same point.
Tighter eligibility laws better for international league
Very much agree with the last statement. Which is interesting because you have stated that is against the premise of my argument. State of Origin must be based on Junior leagues, but junior leagues only. Not nationality. My article is based around Origin being played based on junior league. If a player played junior league elsewhere he would NOT be eligible to play for NSW or Queensland.
Tamou as the example again, he would be eligible to play due to playing junior football in NSW…if he had played his junior football in New Zealand and come across to play for the cowboys only, he would not be eligble.
Interesting points throughout. I still feel the rules need to be tighter in qualifications in order to let the smaller nations grow in rugby league stature. Too many players will be able to chose Australia over, say, Tonga, due to size hence not improving the international game.
Tighter eligibility laws better for international league
I don’t mean to sound like I am blaming Tamou. I agree, the system is what needs changing as it is the system that is creating the problem!
Tighter eligibility laws better for international league
Firstly, Karmichael is highly unlikely to come back. And secondly, He should have been playing for New Zealand to begin with. Once again I think it was the influence of the chance to play Origin that lured him away from New Zealand.
If eligibility for State/International football is separate the problem is less apparent.
Tighter eligibility laws better for international league
Omar is an interesting case. Having fled from Afghanistan with his family it makes things a bit different. He didn’t leave his home country by choice. I think exceptions should be available for this scenario..have to think about that.
In Tamou’s case, I don’t think he would have changed if not for Origin football. Make that a separate concern, allowing him to play both, and I think that problem goes away.
Tighter eligibility laws better for international league
That still wont fix the overall issue of people switching to play for Australia or New Zealand. I feel without a firm system in place the island nations will continue to flounder and our game won’t go anywhere. The problem with tier 2 is any big tournaments, like a world cup, the big names will play for tier 1 sides..
What is your opinion on origin eligibility? Seperate to International?
Tighter eligibility laws better for international league
Isn’t this what is already happening though on the international level? You are talking representative football on a state level. But at the moment we have kiwis playing as kangaroos…just so they can play origin. I would say that is a farce.
Tighter eligibility laws better for international league
Yeah i’m a huge Tim Paine fan, his keeping is brilliant! I want to see him a bit more now after his injury though, it has been a long time since he has been able to get out on the field.
Brad Haddin must not be selected for Australia again