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The International Rugby Board have insisted they were ready to prevent exploitation of their regulations in a bid to prevent a flood of players switching national allegiance in order to compete at the inaugural Sevens tournament at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio.
Changes to eligibility rules mean a player can represent a country provided they have the correct passport and have not been capped by another team for 18 months.
An appearance in just one Olympic qualification event could lead to a player being selected for that nation's 15-a-side team even though the IRB is trying to reduce the number of 'dual internationals'.
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"There is a regulations committee that will look at all applications for transfer and they will look to see if it's for bona fide Sevens reasons," Gosper explained.
"There is a safety net and any transfer will have to be passed by the committee. They will act according to the spirit of the law," the Australian added.
"For example, if we have huge props applying for a career in Sevens, then we'll smell a rat.
"That's an obvious example and there will be some cases that are in a grey area, but we want to ensure the integrity of the regulation and the spirit behind it is upheld.
"Any obvious abuses that go counter to that spirit of why we're doing this will be caught in the regulations committee net.
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