Kiwis in Frogolia
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I posted some of these in another topic but this one might be most relevant to this topic.
I have breakdown of every player's birth country for each team in the Top14/PROD2 in France, Premiership in England, and Irl, Wal, Sco, Ita in PRO 14 on which these graphs are based. Usual caveats - some of the players could have moved when young, have different nationality parents, etc. This just covers where they were born, not what nationality they are now.
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@rapido said in Kiwis in Frogolia:
That's still 781 French born French players in Top14/PROD2 .
That's 52 starting lineups worth.
More French play Top 14 than Kiwis play Super Rugby?
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@chester-draws said in Kiwis in Frogolia:
@rapido said in Kiwis in Frogolia:
That's still 781 French born French players in Top14/PROD2 .
That's 52 starting lineups worth.
More French play Top 14 than Kiwis play Super Rugby?
14 vs 5 ?
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@pakman said in Kiwis in Frogolia:
Looking at this summary, striking how many Kiwis in top tier French comp: https://www.planetrugby.com/news/top-14-wrap-toulon-edge-battle-at-the-bottom/ . See Maori Jesus starting to rack up tries.
Stop. Just stop. Wank on about Akira Ioane like everyone else.
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@antipodean @Chester-Draws That's T14 and ProD2 though so 14+16 teams.
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@mn5 said in Kiwis in Frogolia:
@pakman said in Kiwis in Frogolia:
Looking at this summary, striking how many Kiwis in top tier French comp: https://www.planetrugby.com/news/top-14-wrap-toulon-edge-battle-at-the-bottom/ . See Maori Jesus starting to rack up tries.
Stop. Just stop. Wank on about Akira Ioane like everyone else.
Maori Mohammed?
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@nepia said in Kiwis in Frogolia:
@mn5 said in Kiwis in Frogolia:
@pakman said in Kiwis in Frogolia:
Looking at this summary, striking how many Kiwis in top tier French comp: https://www.planetrugby.com/news/top-14-wrap-toulon-edge-battle-at-the-bottom/ . See Maori Jesus starting to rack up tries.
Stop. Just stop. Wank on about Akira Ioane like everyone else.
Maori Mohammed?
Surely that's SBW?
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@machpants said in Kiwis in Frogolia:
@nepia said in Kiwis in Frogolia:
@mn5 said in Kiwis in Frogolia:
@pakman said in Kiwis in Frogolia:
Looking at this summary, striking how many Kiwis in top tier French comp: https://www.planetrugby.com/news/top-14-wrap-toulon-edge-battle-at-the-bottom/ . See Maori Jesus starting to rack up tries.
Stop. Just stop. Wank on about Akira Ioane like everyone else.
Maori Mohammed?
Surely that's SBW?
Samoan Mohammed.
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Ardie is the midfielder, not Julian! Bloody French.
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Some random names I didn't expect to see over there Daniel Ramsay and one I had forgotten about David Smith. Also an ex Hastings boys player who I think palyed for the Naki Alex Tulou. He was in wider squad for France was a big hitter has some awesome highlight reels on youtube.
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@magpie_in_aus said in Kiwis in Frogolia:
Some random names I didn't expect to see over there Daniel Ramsay and one I had forgotten about David Smith. Also an ex Hastings boys player who I think palyed for the Naki Alex Tulou. He was in wider squad for France was a big hitter has some awesome highlight reels on youtube.
I think he missed out on France selection due to eligibility issues.
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@nepia said in Kiwis in Frogolia:
@magpie_in_aus said in Kiwis in Frogolia:
Some random names I didn't expect to see over there Daniel Ramsay and one I had forgotten about David Smith. Also an ex Hastings boys player who I think palyed for the Naki Alex Tulou. He was in wider squad for France was a big hitter has some awesome highlight reels on youtube.
I think he missed out on France selection due to eligibility issues.
Yeah, Smith was selected for France a season or two back, but I think he had played 7s for one of the Islands or the like.
Edit: and I see that Island was NZ...
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@billy-tell hah quick edit, I was about to say a couple of poxy islands actually...