I have heard we have over 40 players in the various age groups who are caught up in this. We could lose a lot of our elite level across both men and women's game if NZF don't sort this out soon, it will have a major impact going forward. Most of our age group teams over the last few years have kids who were born in other countries but grew up here and became citizens along the way. It has never been an issue until this debacle.
Shouldn't there be some different rules for age group teams? How can the 5 years after the age of 18 be applied to U17 or U20 players?