Pfft, looked at the Wallabies over the last 10 years? They certainly havnt been lite on including Islanders. Sonny Bill has been awesome for Canterbury this year and will be a starting centre in the near future. No chance him going into the backrow with the talent NZ boast. Its going to be interesting seeing which player makes way for him. Smith is more consistent than Nonu who can sometimes go to sleep in a game. SBW, Carter and McCaw in the same team :admin
Current Players Saia Faingaa Salesi Maafu Anthony Faingaa Quade Cooper Will Genia Ioane Digby Robbie Deans (NZ Coach) :yep Like the All Blacks the Wallabies have players of island decent that have either come from abroad to play in their side or were born in country. Shall I go on ? This content is protected
When the All Poofs inevitably choke in next years World Cup, will they then become the worlds biggest chokers?! Wallabies = 2 real World Cups All Blacks - 1 practice world cup back when the tournament was about as prestigous as a titans/cronulla trial match in Dubbo
First thing first. Kiwis will walk this 4 Nations tournament in. The tide is slowly turning and I expect the Kiwis to dominate in the near future. All Blacks will win the World Cup by a record margin.
Not only that it's a boxing forum. ...can't understand why the posters who can't breathe without rugby don't join a rugby forum - LOL.
Faingaa brothers - born in Canberra Maafu - Born in Sydney Cooper - Born in NZ, moved to Oz at 12 Genia - Born in PNG and moved to Australia for schooling (great to see the Wallabies talent scounts leave no stone unturned, even PNG gets a run!) Digby Ioane - Moved to Melboune at age 5. Robbie Deans - Yeah I'll cop that. Nice to see him singing along to Advance Australia Fair.
we do get a few islander players, but we havent been over run like the kiwis have yet. island players are just so big and talented. look whats happened with the NRL over the last few years. going along the same line, australia will soon get a world heavyweight champ. and he will be of island extraction. when you mix talent, great training and opportunity, the end result will always be success. perhaps not the first try. but its inevitable....
oh yeah same as in soccer and Olympics.im patriotic but i dont watch it on a regular basis Super 14 Yawnion,A-league soccer,Pan Pacs swimming because its boring.JMO.