Bedfordshire Bronco Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 On 20/11/2022 at 06:42, Anita Bath said: What a last two weeks of a tournament……competitive teams playing top class rugby in front of excited fans….brilliant. My hope is that we can see the same players playing for the same teams in three years time, If we want to build on this we need to be able to market the star players and the teams they will be playing for. Non of this waiting until Australia decide who to pick. My fear is some of the stars in this tournament will be playing for different teams next time round…that is nonsense. Can you imagine a football world cup where you dont know which team Kane, Ronaldo or Benzema will be playing for. I think football players have moved teams before haven't they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MatthewWoody Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 Every comparison with football is delusional, as football is the most played sport of the world. In order to have more competitive teams, rl lets players switch nation if they're eligible. The right challenge for non tier 1 nations is convincing players to stay with them, as it happened with Tonga and Samoa. Changing the rules and making them stricter would make the World Cup less interesting. Toronto Wolfpack Global Ambassador Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingerjon Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 12 minutes ago, Bedfordshire Bronco said: I think football players have moved teams before haven't they? Current FIFA rules on international transfers: You have to been under 21 when you played, played three games or fewer at senior level, these can now be competitive games but not part of the final stages of a World or continental tournament. The days of di Stefano playing for three nations on a whim are long gone. Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life. (Terry Pratchett) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MatthewWoody Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 Football can afford those rules, we can't. 1 Toronto Wolfpack Global Ambassador Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingerjon Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 1 minute ago, MatthewWoody said: Football can afford those rules, we can't. I was putting those up in response to a belief that football has country swapping. It does but it hasn't been particularly easy for a long, long time. Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life. (Terry Pratchett) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graveyard johnny Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 8 hours ago, MatthewWoody said: Every comparison with football is delusional, as football is the most played sport of the world. whos never played pool? or darts? see you later undertaker - in a while necrophile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 Going back to the original topic, Greece are playing Serbia on May 13th. It’s great to see the game being played in Greece and with all domestic players, a proper international fixture. https://www.facebook.com/100043116426362/posts/pfbid024FU3nYee1oSN8MAw6nMV3GEhEjyqoNpNWg2XvnXmDtg2LYnZs3pYp3PaWjwdhVWKl/?app=fbl 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 1 minute ago, Eddie said: Going back to the original topic, Greece are playing Serbia on May 13th. It’s great to see the game being played in Greece and with all domestic players, a proper international fixture. https://www.facebook.com/100043116426362/posts/pfbid024FU3nYee1oSN8MAw6nMV3GEhEjyqoNpNWg2XvnXmDtg2LYnZs3pYp3PaWjwdhVWKl/?app=fbl Great stuff. It makes great sense Serbia, Greece and Turkey playing each other as often as possible and growing together. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 29 minutes ago, Damien said: Great stuff. It makes great sense Serbia, Greece and Turkey playing each other as often as possible and growing together. Czech Republic have a decent domestic set up and international team too, plenty going on in Eastern and Southern Europe. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niels Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 1 hour ago, Damien said: Great stuff. It makes great sense Serbia, Greece and Turkey playing each other as often as possible and growing together. The Greek women beat their Turkish counterparts 8-4 in Istanbul in September. It was a European group B game. A double header with the men's Turkey v Bulgaria game. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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