Whatever it is, it’s a mess that it wasn’t sorted out before this point.
It really shouldn’t be up to NZ pro-clubs to be the main drivers of developing Island players. That’s not their job. And as the coach was saying above when quoted by Coochie they want to keep their players at home if possible. I mean sure make academy space available or special scholarships or something, but they’ve got to be ready to a certain level to take up those spaces.
Christchurch speaking out both sides of their mouth:
We talked to some academics who said close to home is best which why we’re better than Wellington
AND
we’re happy to develop players from the islands through our academy which is close to Vanuatu…
It really shouldn’t be up to NZ pro-clubs to be the main drivers of developing Island players. That’s not their job. And as the coach was saying above when quoted by Coochie they want to keep their players at home if possible. I mean sure make academy space available or special scholarships or something, but they’ve got to be ready to a certain level to take up those spaces.
Christchurch speaking out both sides of their mouth:
We talked to some academics who said close to home is best which why we’re better than Wellington
AND
we’re happy to develop players from the islands through our academy which is close to Vanuatu…