What will New Zealand do with its eligibility policy?

With the departure of several of his figures to play in leagues from abroad, the All Blacks They are found in A process of analysis of their players eligibility policies For the selected. However, and despite some questions, it seems that modifications They will not be possible. All rugby, in Disney+.

Is that the norm is clear, No player who works outside his country can be summoned By Scott Robertson to wear the black shirt. In this way, stars like Richie Mo’unga either Shannon Frizellboth in the Japanese league, are left out by not having fixed their contract with New Zeland Rugbywhich would allow them to have a “sabbatical year” outside the country and be eligible, as happened with Ardie Savea and currently with Jordie Barrettwho is in Leinster.

The Head Coach of the Maori cast did not hide his discontent, and requested “open mind” about these policies, but the director Mark Robinson It was clear: “The current policy we have is one that we believe has served the game incredibly well for a long period of time. There is no desire to change in the short term“.

For its part, Beauden Barrett expressed that “I think we have to support what you are doing New Zealand Rugby. Otherwise, a bad precedent for the next generation “will sit down”although he asked for some exception with the players who work at the Super Rugby Pacific. “If there are New Zealandes who want to go play there (in Australia either Japan), they could still be eligible under a rule of Giteau“he concluded.

The debate is still open, although it seems that things will continue in the same way in the lands of the multiple world champions.