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If he plays 7's for Fiji then he would be considered a foreign import so no ARU top up for him.
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The Tahs already have 2 internationally capped marquee players, although seeing as they are James Hilterbrand (4th string hooker) and Zac Guildford (only seems to have played half the games this year) I'm not sure if either will be sticking around for next year.
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The chatter in the East about Hayne and the Tahs is probably just an ARU/media beat-up to distract everyone from how much they are chucking at Marika Koirebete to get him to the Rabble.
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Once again I find myself feeling aggrieved that heaven and earth is moved and rules are bent to breaking point simply to accommodate someone with a 'name'. What about the poor guy who's slogged away and now faces losing his place to a blow in?!!
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If you're talking about the Tahs I assume that person would be Kurtley Beale. And, whether you agree with them or not, the rules are clearly there to allow it so there's no breaking point (unlike a certain Mr Folau I might ad).
If you're talking about the sevens there always seems to be this perception that some long-serving loyal member of the team loses their place when a sevens team brings in a star player. Fact of the matter is outside of the core members of the team, players are constantly being cycled in and out of squads throughout the season and aren't necessarily full-time with the team. When players get replaced nearly every tournament no one notices but when it's a star player everyone loses their sh*t (not singling you out, I read Petero Civoniceva doing the same thing in the media). If anyone loses a spot (and I doubt Hayne will displace anyone) it will likely be one of those fringe players. It's probably an inevitable side effect of the extra attention on sevens this year and people who know nothing about it suddenly filling up column inches - let me put it this way, no one complained about Jesse Parahi displacing anyone in the Australian squad last weekend despite not playing a game all year.
Is Parahi a good example? That was more the prodigal son returning home.
Yes, I was talking about Hayne. I didn't know about Jesse or I would have complained about that too.
I guess for me it's the general principle of men slogging their guts out to have their shot at glory only for a more high profile person (who may not even be a better player than them at that precise point in time) being able to push them aside at the stroke of a pen.
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