International New Zealand Kiwis

[Theking267]

It’s the case with Siua Wong he’s played for Fiji & Tonga and is still eligible for the Kiwis

 

[WahsaurusRex]

Brimson switched with the blessing of the ARL, which was a factor in the IRL allowing him.

There is also the fact that Brimson really has had no opportunity to represent the Kangaroos since the Nines tournament. While Ponga pretty obviously would have been picked in '23 and '24 if he made himself available.

I think the ball is really in the ARL's court. If they say nah, we wanted to pick him in 2024 and don't give it their stamp of approval, is the IRL really going to go against the ARL? They are really just a puppet or the ARL anyway, aren't they??

Maybe that is outweighed by Ponga having a higher standing than Brimson does, and the threat of pissing off a big star that is already a Union-flightrisk? I just don't think the Brimson decision totally guarantees Ponga can switch, even if he wants to.

 

[Teets]

New Zealand could have deliberately played a stinker against the Kumuls last year become Tier 2, wonder if at any stage that had crossed their minds.

The Tier system is a farce anyway.

In reality Aussie is a Tier of its own.

NZ and England are always struggling financially and they're niche sports with small player bases in our countries.

 

[CWC]

The Tier system is a farce anyway.

In reality Aussie is a Tier of its own.

NZ and England are always struggling financially and they're niche sports with small player bases in our countries.

So true, how's our pathway equivalent to the Australian system lol, there are probably more polynesian players in the Aussie system than the entire NZ league community

 

[jonesy101]

I didn't want to post this in the recruitment thread for fear of a ban as it's not related to that, but there's currently debate going on there about Mulitalo's commitment to the Kiwis after he didn't qualify for Q L D. One thing you cannot deny is that he hasn't let us down yet in his games wearing the black jersey and was a huge contributor to the thrashing of the Kangaroos in 2023.

 

[WA Warrior]

I didn't want to post this in the recruitment thread for fear of a ban as it's not related to that, but there's currently debate going on there about Mulitalo's commitment to the Kiwis after he didn't qualify for Q L D. One thing you cannot deny is that he hasn't let us down yet in his games wearing the black jersey and was a huge contributor to the thrashing of the Kangaroos in 2023.

He’s been one of the most passionate players the Kiwis have had in his limited time in the jersey.
In interviews he said he’s not going to play for Samoa, the Kiwis are it for him now.
I believe Leota also wanted to play for 💙 Mighty NSW but didn’t qualify.
I won’t hold it against players that wanted to play Origin, the lure would be very appealing.

 

[Canadian_Warriors_Fan]

 

[Shogun]

Kiwi's need to hire a salesman to get these NZ players. Like in America when the universities go after high school athletes. Have to go after Katoa and the origin bunch.