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Psychler

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Re: Rugby Union - nationality
« Reply #25 on: 29 August, 2015, 02:20:13 pm »
Good luck to him on his debut!
I'm gonna limp to the pub and drink 'til the rest of me is as numb as my arse.

Re: Rugby Union - nationality
« Reply #26 on: 29 August, 2015, 06:39:33 pm »
As expected he shows some real form.  He's going to cause the English props all sorts of problems.  Seems to be improving with every game too. Just needs to deed poll his name to Tomos and all will be all with the world! 

Psychler

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Re: Rugby Union - nationality
« Reply #27 on: 18 September, 2015, 03:12:05 pm »
Just out of interest, in their 2007 World Cup squad, Samoa had 14 players born abroad - all born in New Zealand, whilst New Zealand had 5 born in Samoa. 

Samoa apparently have 13 born in New Zealand in this years squad.

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Re: Rugby Union - nationality
« Reply #28 on: 18 September, 2015, 04:01:05 pm »
Just out of interest, in their 2007 World Cup squad, Samoa had 14 players born abroad - all born in New Zealand, whilst New Zealand had 5 born in Samoa. 
Samoa apparently have 13 born in New Zealand in this years squad.

Apparently (this may be urban myth) there are more Samoans in Wellington than Samoa, so I'm not at all surprised.

Re: Rugby Union - nationality
« Reply #29 on: 19 September, 2015, 11:01:18 pm »
Is a myth. There are more Samoans abroad than in Samoa now, but none of the expatriate populations (IIRC the majority born abroad to Samoan parents, nowadays) equals the population of the home islands - & there are more in the USA than NZ. USA could catch up with Samoa soon, but it's well behind Samoa & American Samoa* combined.

*Not counted as part of the USA in this comparison.
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Re: Rugby Union - nationality
« Reply #30 on: 19 September, 2015, 11:55:09 pm »
Vunipola is a traditional Lancashire name
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