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Graham Lowe has come out and urged the NZRL to stop 'dredging up Aussie kids to play for NZ' such as Karmichael Hunt and Frank Pritchard.
Previously players such as Tyran Smith, Cayless Bros, Richard Swainn and Tony Caroll played (or currently play) for NZ despite having been born or lived a lot of their lives in Australia.
I think it should be 'horses for courses' as it appears that guys such as the Cayless' are proud to pull on the black jersey whereas Caroll was just using the NZRL to get a trip to the World Cup.
The NZRL needs to get better organised to establish which country players wish to represent (e.g. - Hunt). Perhaps in the case of Hunt and others they should declare before the start of the NRL season who they wish to play for? This would save a lot of embarrasment as well as giving the impression that International RL ranks below SOO (e.g. - Hunt's comments).
To a certain degree I agree with Lowe especially his comments about looking closer at local players - not Warriors.
Previously players such as Tyran Smith, Cayless Bros, Richard Swainn and Tony Caroll played (or currently play) for NZ despite having been born or lived a lot of their lives in Australia.
I think it should be 'horses for courses' as it appears that guys such as the Cayless' are proud to pull on the black jersey whereas Caroll was just using the NZRL to get a trip to the World Cup.
The NZRL needs to get better organised to establish which country players wish to represent (e.g. - Hunt). Perhaps in the case of Hunt and others they should declare before the start of the NRL season who they wish to play for? This would save a lot of embarrasment as well as giving the impression that International RL ranks below SOO (e.g. - Hunt's comments).
To a certain degree I agree with Lowe especially his comments about looking closer at local players - not Warriors.