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World XVIII Internationals named

Authored by: Brett Northey
on Thursday, May 31 2012 @ 06:45 pm ACST

This is becoming a concern. The World XVIII concept was originally intended to provide a pathway and showcase for the best juniors from around the world outside of the South Pacific. It was supplemented with a few players that were migrants to Australia, and that was fine as it gave them a pathway too whilst supporting the fledgling truly international players.

But the balance has now skewed way too far towards locals. And I think many of us had hoped that South Africa by now would be fielding its own side. Instead their numbers have dwindled and rather than be replaced by other internationals it's been with the migrant players. The message seems to be that there's no international talent being developed, or they are choosing or unable to make the journey, or they are being overlooked in favour of locals.

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Brett Northey - Co-founder and Chief Editor of WFN

World XVIII Internationals named

Authored by: Troy Thompson
on Thursday, May 31 2012 @ 08:53 pm ACST

The notable omission for me was Canadians (i think from memory there were four last year), not sure why we have a drop off there? I think the 4 South African spots are probably dictated by the available scholarships to cover costs?

There were definitely some benchmark levels that players nominated had to meet also (ala the combine testing) so perhaps there were a number who weren't up to the mark - the AFL release on this suggested that anyway.

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Brett Northey - Co-founder and Chief Editor of WFN

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