Comments on: Samoa vs New Zealand: Preview and Prediction http://www.therugbyblog.com/samoa-vs-new-zealand-preview-and-prediction Rugby Union opinion and discussion, for the fans, by the fans. Thu, 05 May 2016 15:46:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.1 By: Don Phttp://www.therugbyblog.com/samoa-vs-new-zealand-preview-and-prediction#comment-378343 Wed, 08 Jul 2015 16:11:11 +0000 http://www.therugbyblog.com/?p=38202#comment-378343 JH states ‘There is also the issue of the number of players of Samoan descent that have crossed the divide to wear the all black shirt’.

What issue? JH himself has stated here that ALL teams have off shore players these days, therefore the issue is effectively a dead one. So why resurrect this most ancient of chestnuts? To sell space? Bit pathetic.

Besides, as JH well knows that the AB 1st team is mainly Pakeha now & in any event, almost all PI ABs emigrated to NZ as kids; e.g. Joe Roko @ 3 yrs of age, Jerome Kaino @ 4 etc. And as JH should also know, Auckland is the biggest Polynesian city in the world, with ‘immigration a fact of life’.

It seems to me that 1 of the problems of English rugby is characterised here. It keeps looking
backwards. It needs to look FORWARD. There’s a WC to win.

Regds Carter & McCaw, they’re EXP! Carter is likely in for match practice & to kick points, as the burgeoning Barrett blew 8 in the S15 final. And Ritchie still scored v England @ HQ last up when similar ?’s were asked about his being over the hill back then. Ho hum.

]]> By: billyburgessnbmhttp://www.therugbyblog.com/samoa-vs-new-zealand-preview-and-prediction#comment-378330 Tue, 07 Jul 2015 15:18:46 +0000 http://www.therugbyblog.com/?p=38202#comment-378330 Great occasion ! Hope all of Samoa enjoy!

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