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Christchurch to host New Zealand v Australia in Pacific Championships doubleheader
It's a big win for the Garden City's rugby league fans.
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Tickets selling rapidly for the Kiwis v Kangaroos match, I just got tickets and on 1 side between the 20m lines there are only single seats available, and the other side is moving quickly tooLet's hope they show up Waikato after last year's piss poor crowd!
Stacey said he "likes a quiet beer". Thats an understatement lol. (historically at least, maybe it is quiet now)Stacey Jones joins Newstalk ZB to talk Warriors, preview Kiwis
Tune in as Jones reviews Warriors' 2024 season and answers listener questions live.www.nzherald.co.nz
1-2pm NZT
Ah crap, didn't realise Foran was out as well.as Foran and Brown both out
Had neck surgery about a month ago apparently, so probably not in the frameOr Te Maire?
Isaiya?100% Footy says we asked Katoa to play this year and he has knocked us back
Maguire was trying to get him for NZ last year and will now be trying to keep him NSW eligible
Yep the young halfback, likely to play Tonga to leave Origin future openIsaiya?
Katoa moved to Oz pretty young, I don't mind if he choses Origin and Tonga.
I thought you could - that is the actual rule? Luai is a New South Welsh Samoan.If he prefers to play for Tonga sure, but you can't be a New South Welsh Tongan any more than you can be a New South Welsh Kiwi. As long as the rules remain as they are we are going to be the biggest losers.
Of course the likely alternative would be that everyone just played for Australia so that wouldn't work either.
Just blow up Origin tbh
(Actually at this point I wouldn't really care if Kiwis played Origin - it's become it's own thing anyway. Not sure if this would be considered sacrilege though).
I’m saying the rules don’t reflect reality. Kiwis, Tongans, Samoans are all equally not Australian. The rules enable Samoans and Tongans to be representatives of an Australian state but not New Zealanders. That’s obviously pretty stupid.I thought you could - that is the actual rule? Luai is a New South Welsh Samoan.
Oh, so we're essentially saying the same thing.I’m saying the rules don’t reflect reality. Kiwis, Tongans, Samoans are all equally not Australian. The rules enable Samoans and Tongans to be representatives of an Australian state but not New Zealanders. That’s obviously pretty stupid.
I can’t really say I ‘respect’ Katoa’s decision to represent a country because it enables him to represent a state from a different country. That’s how it’s going to be though, so might as well let Kiwis play Origin.