Chris Noakes latest kiwi poached by England

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Yet another kiwi born, bred and trained player has been deemed by the envy-eyed poms as superior to anything they could rear themselves.

The England-eligible player has been snapped up from Auckland blues in a boobie-for-tat copycat move in response to warren Gatlands targeting of Gareth Anscombe.

One wonders whether some kind of talent royalty to NZ clubs shouldn't be on the agenda and whether shortly international rugby will follow suit with club rugby and be just a wider exhibition of SH talent representing different global brands.

And what for the young lad growing up Britain or France? Or even Italy for that matter? Are their rugby ambitions better served by moving to NZ as soon as possible to put themselves on the radars of European selectors?

I sure could do with a decent helping of pavlova after reading back on this one.
Some kiwi fruit (or chinese gooseberries) or strawberries on top. I'm not too fussy.

It's good not to be too fussy, if you can't afford to be

ebop wrote:It's good not to be too fussy, if you can't afford to be

Particularly if you can't afford to stay in NZ, like Noakes it seems :-)