Good to see he wants to play for us, but struggling to see how, based on that article - Unless his mother/grandparents are Kiwi?
Born in Scotland, father is Scottish, moved here aged 8, left at 16 and wouldn't qualify on the basis of living here 5 years after the age of 18.
Anyone privy to some information that could clarify this?
He "classes himself" as a Kiwi. The interesting thing though is this:
He played junior football for the Nomads club and was part of the
Mainland Football federation and national talent centre programmes
I recall players were always screened for eligibility before being part of NTC, so...is this a NZF boo boo?
Wouldn't say a boo-boo just yet, but need a few more pieces of the jigsaw to be put in place to get an understanding of the bigger picture.
Going off the information in the article, I would say he's not eligible. It's all good that he see's himself as a kiwi, but the only thing valid to us in footballing context is if he's actually available to play for us.