"Giving Back to My Culture" - Five Players Switch Countries to Participate in the 2023 Rugby World Cup
If the World Rugby team votes for a revolutionary change to the eligibility rules later this month, international players will be able to switch nationalities. Under the new proposal, players will be able to represent themselves or the country in which their ancestors were born after a three-year ban. Rugby Fans can buy Rugby World Cup 2023 Tickets from our website.
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#1. Malakai Fekitoa
(New Zealand to Tonga)
• Current No. of caps:
41
• Age at the start of
RWC 2023: 32
• Did you know: He
played 24 times for the All Blacks between 2014 and 2017.
Capitulated 24 times by New Zealand, Fekitoa used loopholes
in the qualifying rules to qualify for Tonga by playing rugby sevens in the
Summer Olympic qualifiers.
#2. Jeffery
Toomaga-Allen (New Zealand to Samoa)
• Current No. of caps:
1
• Age at the beginning
of 2023 RWC: 32
• Did you know: He
won 24 times Caps for the All Blacks between 2014 and 2017
The All Blacks are exploring the possibility of extending his
12-minute international career, which ended in 2018 when he decided to move to
England and join the Hornets, where he recently spent half a century of playing
time. Toomaga-Allen’s hopes to represent Samoa through his mother's family,
subject to the World Rugby Union vote to change international qualifying rules
later this month.
#3. Mako Vunipola
(England to Tonga)
• Current No. of caps:
70
• Age at the beginning
of 2023 RWC: 32
• Did you know?
Vunipola and his partner welcomed a son, Jacob, in 2018.
He is the son of former Tonga captain Fe'ao Vunipola, the
Wellington, New Zealand-born free agent who is eligible to play for Tonga.
The gag said: "When I was in England I was proud to be
British, but it was Tongan who understood my tradition. Do my best and help as
much as I can; not only Tonga but islands, I know.
"Of course I want to play for them, but it's hard
because it's not fair to the people on the island; see myself as an old man who
comes in and seizes this opportunity of theirs.
“This is really a 22nd rule. You want to see people who are
not tied to one (country) and be able to represent these countries – they will
benefit from it – but you also want the locals to have the opportunity to do
them. A better life, they work for their country and get contracts
abroad." Rugby Fans
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• Current No. of caps:
20
• Age at the beginning
of 2023 RWC: 32
• Did you know? He
is the younger brother of Tongan center Siale Piutau who has played 42 times.
Piutau started his career with the Tonga U20 team. The last
time he played for the All Blacks was in July 2015, when he was banned from the
World Cup squad and his move to Europe basically ended his stay with Steve
Hansen's men's chance of being recalled.
"My favorite is to represent Tonga in the next World
Cup," Piutau, who is supported by the Pacific Rugby Players Welfare
(PPRW), told the Press Association of Sports.
"I have previously expressed my wish to do this, but so
far there is no news whether this is feasible.
"It goes without advice on changing the ruling and I
hope it can still happen, but obviously the longer, the less likely it
is."
#5. Taqele Naiyaravoro
(Australia to Fiji)
In an interview with Nik Simon of the Daily Mail, the
Northampton Saints international winger stated that he will play
"100%" for Fiji.
I'm 28 years old and still having the best years, so the
chance to play for Fiji will be a dream come true," he told Sportsmail.
"I don't regret playing for Australia. I was very young
when the opportunity presented itself, so I went for it.
“But Fiji has always been in my heart. That's where I was
born. When I left Fiji for Australia, my dream was to play for Fiji. If given
this opportunity, I would give 100% to Fiji.
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