Thought he might be deserving of his own thread by now given he's signed to the Jets.
Just to start the thread off on a positive note too, he has just been named on the bench of the NPL NSW team of of the season playing for the CCM Reserves.
Brother James is back in Australia having been trialling with the Nix up until recently. No word on a club for him as yet though, but he's working towards something.
Another great pre-season hit-out in Coffs. Goals from Bayliss x2, Buhagiar and Mauragis. The build-up continues to 23/24. Thanks to the 4,100 fans who came out tonight.#BondedByGoldpic.twitter.com/Nk8ZUwdIo1
I know it's only pre-season, but as well as his two goals last night there has been a heap of feedback online about Lachlan's performance last night too.
Is Lachlan a kiwi or an Aussie with ties to NZ who we hope to lure into the All Whites?
The latter, I think? Soccerway has him born in Straya. EDIT: Done some more digging - my best guess is he was born in Darwin. Dad works/worked there, who is a Kiwi.
As at June 2021 there were 560,000 NZ born people living in Australia. Obviously a few hundred thousand more born there of Kiwi parents. In total that's a big number, similar say to the South Island as a population pool.
Some of those Oz based NZers will play football. A small number at a high level. Some like Stensness will feel more Australian, but others like Champness will be into their NZ roots. Expect an increasing number of Australian Kiwis filtering through to NZ's various national teams.
Yip I get all that and it makes sense. I ask more so I can gauge how realistic it is (and I guess how hopeful I should be of it happening). This forum has mixed results in identifying players - in some cases talking up players with minor links who were never realistically going to consider playing for NZ.
Yip I get all that and it makes sense. I ask more so I can gauge how realistic it is (and I guess how hopeful I should be of it happening). This forum has mixed results in identifying players - in some cases talking up players with minor links who were never realistically going to consider playing for NZ.
He was called up by the NZ u23's for games in Auckland during August, so he is firmly on the NZF radar.
Yip I get all that and it makes sense. I ask more so I can gauge how realistic it is (and I guess how hopeful I should be of it happening). This forum has mixed results in identifying players - in some cases talking up players with minor links who were never realistically going to consider playing for NZ.
His brother came to NZ to trial for the Nix. And one of them was in the NZ U23s or U23s wider squad.
Will always be a risk with some of these players (the better ones) that they flip back to Australia aka Stensness & Jelacic. But it works both ways as Joey Champness was in the Aussie age group setup before flipping over to NZ. Win some, lose some.
It's a worldwide thing as well. Happens with USA & Mexico for example all the time. USA & Germany (lot of American kids born or raised in Deutchsland). England/Wales/Ireland/Scotland tug of wars. I'm guessing alot of African background kids raised/born in European countries.
