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The current Samoan World Cup Union squad of 33 has 8 players born in Samoa, the rest of the team are Kiwis and a couple of Aussies. There are also a few former All Blacks who have changed thier country of choice to SamoaNone of them would have anywhere near the percentage of heritage players in their squads as the Samoan and Tongan RL sides, especially not the major nations.
I haven't seen Tonga's team for this year, but they've had as few as 1 Tongan born and raised player in their squads at times since 2017, and Samoa's squad for this year has like 3 or 4 players born in the islands, and even then at least a couple of them moved away at a very young age. Any team with that little local representation would be considered a joke in RU.
I haven't looked through the squads for Italy, Scotland, Japan..etc but you'll find they are made up largely from players not born or living there...the Irish game winning try against the boks was scored by a bloke with a broader Aussie accent than Paul Hogan, not sure if he has ever stepped foot in Ireland.
Is anyone in Union bashing them as being a joke ?
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