Eligibility thresholds ('Giteau Law' type rules)
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South Africa Rugby has announced big changes. See this article on the SARU website: http://www.sarugby.co.za/article.aspx?category=sarugby&pcurr=1&id=4482844
Dozens of home-based players will be taken into Springbok succession planning next year as part of a radical new contracting strategy announced by SA Rugby on Saturday. Players will be ranked by position – with next generation talent also brought into a significantly widened pool – and those who are playing their trade in South will be paid exclusively by their provinces – with a contribution funded by SA Rugby. Going hand-in-hand with the policy is the intention to formally scrap the 30-cap rule for overseas-based players. The regulation was put in place at the start of the 2017 season and stipulates that only players with 30 or more Springbok caps would be eligible for national selection if they were playing for an overseas-based team. And SA Rugby has written to the leading foreign clubs and leagues (as well as advising other nations) that it will strictly enforce the requirements of World Rugby’s Regulation 9, which prescribes when and how frequently club players must be released for international duty.“A South African player can earn more from a two-month contract in Japan than he can if he were to win the World Cup with the Springboks this year. That’s the reality we have to face up to. “In recent years we have focused on trying to retain a small number of high profile players. But it has been a small group and many of those players end up leaving anyway. Last season those contracted players only appeared for 38 percent of their available time. “Once we have done our work, the new strategy could see as many as 75 players in Springbok succession planning and being financially rewarded for it. “We had to disrupt the model.”Erasmus explained the new strategy also involved direct communication with the overseas contracting clubs. “We have told the overseas clubs that we will be enforcing Regulation 9 and will be requiring our players for up to 14 weeks of the year. If the clubs don’t like that then they have the option of not signing the player.” However, he said the greatest advantage of the new system was more effective succession planning. -
Careful what you wish for...
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It was interesting how they are planning to rigidly enforce the WR windows, which will mean players travelling all over the place from EU to SA/NZ/etc. They're trying to make it painful to have a Bok player, and thus reduce their value to NH clubs. But I guess there is going to be some tired and pissed off players travelling back and forth until an equilibrium gets worked out. How many Boks will just turn down non RWC years, to save their bodies for where they really make the money?
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Rugby Australia reassessing ‘Giteau Law’ ahead of vital Ireland series
Sean McMahon and Samu Kerevi may not yet be lost to Australian rugby, with the governing body set to review their eligibility laws ahead of the July series against Ireland. The Rugby Australia board will soon be presented with different arguments on the worth of the current eligibility laws. At present, only those playing in Super Rugby or have played 60 or more Tests and given seven years of service playing in Australia can be eligible to play for the Wallabies. The overseas component to eligibility came on the eve of the 2015 Rugby World, with then-coach Michael Cheika hellbent on having French-based duo Matt Giteau and Drew Mitchell available for selection. Both men had played more than 60 caps and given more than seven-years of service in Australian rugby and the eligibility changes became dubbed as the ‘Giteau Law’. But the shortcomings in Australian rugby in recent years and the lure of richer deals overseas have meant that RA is considering tweaking the 60-cap, seven-year service eligibility rule. ... -
Giteau Law will shape Wallabies' WC path | Latest Rugby News | RUGBY.com.au
Imminent change to the Wallabies' selection policy means only so much can be taken from the side's 50 per cent win rate in a "rollercoaster" 2021.
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@machpants Why would the players be tired/pissed off? they have complete autonomy. Don't want to travel too much? Don't sign for a Japanese club/retire from internationals.
If they want their cake and to eat it they can fuck themselves.
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@derpus said in Eligibility thresholds ('Giteau Law' type rules):
@machpants Why would the players be tired/pissed off? they have complete autonomy. Don't want to travel too much? Don't sign for a Japanese club/retire from internationals.
If they want their cake and to eat it they can fuck themselves.
You've missed my point (from three years ago!) At the time clubs were releasing bok players for their 2 games in rugby champs, then they'd have to fly back to UK for one weekend (down weekend in RC) then back to squad again for the next 2 games. Players wanted to play for country, but UK clubs were being fluffybunnies trying to make it as hard as legally possible for them too
