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Should it be made easier to switch national allegiance?

IGNACIO CHANS

a huge hypocrisy in the way Tier One countries are lobbying for the relaxation of the eligibility rules in international rugby, recently backed by Tier Two countries like Samoa or Tonga. But it only deepens the colonialist policy of Tier One towards the islands. The pandemic led to the postponement

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