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Do you want me to copy & paste Spinner's post that I linked to? Do you disagree with anything in Spinner's post? If so then point out where he's incorrect. If he's not incorrect then stop wasting your time.
No, Fiji have 3 domestic players in their 24-man squad. Samoa have two, Italy have two, Tonga have one. If you can't comprehend that 4 players pulling out of a 24-man squad and being replaced by 2 leaves two free places, then it really isn't worth you continuing this discussion. Finances aren't the issue, USA selected two uncommitted RU players that pulled out, if they had selected two domestic RL players then there wouldn't have been a problem.
So what you're suggesting is that these players are far superior to everyone else who plays in both the AMNRL and USARL?
I've already clearly provided you with a link. Repeating yourself and making me post it again isn't going to make it go away. Since you are apparently incapable of following links I'll copy and paste Spinner's post.
AFAIK Tagaloa is Samoan-born and qualifies on residency in Hawaii. So in that squad, there is one known American RL player, who currently plays in Australia. Since then Welch has also been added, although he was raised in the UK. Which is exactly what I said. If you're trying to pick at the fact that some of the players are NZ born rather than Australian then that's a pretty ridiculous attempt at changing the subject considering it makes absolutely no difference in the context of this argument.
Durutalo, Hume, McGoldrick and Cantoni pulled out. Or 'withdrew', or were 'allowed to leave' or whatever else you want to say to try and deflect attention from the fact that you're talking absolute garbage. There are currently 22 active players of a potential 24 man roster. What do you think you're going to achieve by pretending this isn't the case?
Yet they were able to provide finances for an original squad of 24 before players pulled out...
So the fact that they're Australian automatically makes them better in your eyes without considering any other merits. Pretty consistent with the Tomahawks team selection TBH.
No, because I never said that and have already addressed this several times as you seem repeatedly incapable of understanding that 22 active players in a 24 man squad leaves two free spots.
Which part of the link is factually incorrect? You understand that 'birth or parentage' does not simply mean 'birth'?
http://www.nrl.com/tomahawk-cantoni-to-miss-world-cup/tabid/10874/newsid/75115/default.aspx
I called you stupid because what you said was totally stupid. Regardless of who was paying, the initial budget was for a party of 24. If two players pull out then that doesn't change the fact that the tour was budgeted for a squad of 24.
No, you've asked a ridiculous question about a claim I didn't make in an attempt to once again derail the argument and avoid the actual issues. Nobody has ever claimed that any domestic American players are better than Eddy Pettybourne, only an idiot would do so. There is no 'twisting' of any kind. USA have 22 active squad members out of a possible 24. They picked a squad with only one known American RL player, who happens to currently play in Australia. These are indisputable facts which you seem to be attempting to dispute.
