Jason Taumalolo opts to play for Tonga

[Spade]

New Zealand are f**ked, Jesse Bromwich and Kevin Procter out and now Taumalolo, there starting forward pack is smashed.

 

[thorson1987]

No Tohu Harris or Luke either

 

[Hardcore_Fan]

1. Aus
2. England
3. Samoa
4. Tonga
5. NZ

Would be the rankings based on squads

 

[kdalymc]

this is really good, however he was born in New Zealand and stay there and till he was 14 before coming to Queensland... but yeah awesome to see the minor countries getting some players

 

[Vee]

Link?

 

[ANTiLAG]

Well the Kidwell era seems to be going from strength to strength.

 

[grouch]

Link?

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11929522

Wow.

 

[ed-grimley]

I'm surprised he isn't somehow eligible to play for Queensland.

 

[typicalfan]

Looks like NZRL is rotting

 

[shiznit]

Good on him.... I wish him all the best.

no one really cares about the Kiwis jersey anymore....

With the amount of players who end up ruling themselves out before each tournament it doesn’t surprise me.

You would be hard pressed to see someone turn down an All Black jersey like that...

 

[Disinterested third party]

Who gives a shit about the All Blecks here? Kidwell is the joke.

 

[Vee]

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11929522

Wow.

Cheers. And as you said, Wow!

 

[Vee]

I'm surprised he isn't somehow eligible to play for Queensland.

I believe he was. Mal (or Kev) was after him at one point until he pledged his loyalty to NZ.

 

[Diesel]

The leadership of David Shitwell is outstanding.

 

[TheVelourFog]

Time for Tam Shaiday to make his Kiwi debut

 

[Vic Mackey]

Hard to believe the guy who was the Wests Tigers defensive coach for years has been a complete failure as the head coach of an International team.

 

[wittyfan]

Good to see that this World Cup is all about choice!!!

 

[Tommy Smith]

Kidwell & Kearney - destroying New Zealand RL from the inside.

 

[some11]

Awesome for Tonga.

Kiwis in crisis.

 

[Burns]

Apparently he wants to swap between New Zealand and Tonga for the rest of his career. Farcical.