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Difficult with the spread of teams though - on the current table, there's a chance that the A-league's sole Brisbane team (and indeed sole Queensland team) would be relegated.
If Canberra and Auckland get new grounds because of this it’s brilliant
They are setting up division 20
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Super rugby is dying..
Gone are the days when Super Rugby captured interest for its own sake
The Super Rugby Pacific season has well-and-truly started, after all, not that you’d really know from what’s getting written.
Normally I won’t watch games live, in large part so I can fast-forward past the lengthy periods when the ball’s not in play.Super rugby is dying..
Gone are the days when Super Rugby captured interest for its own sake
The Super Rugby Pacific season has well-and-truly started, after all, not that you’d really know from what’s getting written.
They are using the exact same eligibility as a number of the Island players in the recent RLWC.
Awaits, he doesnt look very scottish.
Agreed, eligibility is eligibility. Let's just not pretend they are Japanese, because they aren't
Good joke mate, Colombian wife, lived in Argentina for 2 years, lived in Colombia for a little less than that, have a Japanese ex-wife. Yeah, I'm xenophobic
Mate between us two, there is only one of us that has been called out for racism on this forum and it wasn't me.
I love how you have turned this from a Rugby issue to a race issue. You do remember how this started right? Japan is so good because they've developed all these players? They haven't developed them, they were born in RU playing nations and learnt the game in those nations before moving to Japan to represent the national team. I've already stated that eligibility is eligibility and that's great, it's the same in all sports. But RU hasn't developed enough in Japan to even fill a full squad of home grown products.*facepalm* .. most of them went to the Islands for the first time AFTER they were in the world cup. And if you want to get accurate, Quite a few AREN'T Samoan, or Tongan, legally, they are culturally.
Tongan nationality law is regulated by the 1875 Constitution of Tonga, as amended; the Nationality Act, and its revisions; and international agreements entered into by the government of Tonga.[1][2] These laws determine who is, or is eligible to be, a national of Tonga. The legal means to acquire nationality, formal legal membership in a nation, differ from the domestic relationship of rights and obligations between a national and the nation, known as citizenship.[3][4] Tongan nationality is typically obtained either on the principle of jus soli, i.e. by birth in Tonga or under the rules of jus sanguinis, i.e. by birth abroad to parents with Tongan nationality.[5] It can be granted to persons who have lived in the country for a specific period of time, or who have an affiliation to the country through naturalisation
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tongan_nationality_law#:~:text=Tongan nationality is typically obtained,to parents with Tongan nationality.
Samoan nationality law is regulated by the 1962 Constitution of Samoa, as amended; the Citizenship Act 2004, and its revisions; the Citizenship Investment Act 2015; and international agreements entered into by the Samoan government.[1][2][3] These laws determine who is, or is eligible to be, a national of Samoa. The legal means to acquire nationality, formal legal membership in a nation, differ from the domestic relationship of rights and obligations between a national and the nation, known as citizenship.[4][5] Samoan nationality is typically obtained either on the principle of jus soli (by birth in Samoa) or under the rules of jus sanguinis (by birth abroad to parents with Samoan nationality).[6] It can be granted to persons who have lived in the country for a specific period of time, who have contributed to the country's development, or who have an affiliation to the country through naturalisation.[7]
Samoan nationality law - Wikipedia
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Meanwhile....
Japanese nationality can be acquired in three ways: birth, notification, and naturalization.
1 Birth (Article 2 of the Japanese Nationality Act)
(1) If the father or mother is a Japanese national at the time of birth.
(2) If the father died before the child’s birth and was a Japanese national at the time of death.
(3) If born in Japan and both of the parents are unknown or are without nationality.
2 Notification (Article 3 and Article 17 of the Japanese Nationality Act)
Acquisition of nationality by notification is a system where those who meet certain requirements acquire Japanese nationality by notifying the Minister of Justice.
(1) Acquisition of nationality by acknowledged children
(2) Reacquisition of nationality by a person who has not retained Japanese nationality at birth
(3) other
3 Naturalization (Article 4 through Article 9 of the Japanese Nationality Act)
Naturalization is a system that gives Japanese nationality, with the permission of the Minister of Justice, to those who wish to acquire Japanese nationality.
The Japanese government considers them Japanese.
A racist, rugby hating fool on an internet message board doesn't. I'm sure it's obvious who is right, and it ain't you.
Nice bail out. This wasn't about anyone's race, it's about RU posters lauding Japan when they can't even fill a squad of home grown players. And no, players born in RU playing countries, moving to Japan and representing the national team aren't homegrown players.
