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All Blacks coach Scott Robertson will not be able to pick overseas-based players in his squad any time soon, with New Zealand Rugby (NZR) seeing no need to alter its selection ban.
New Zealand has long confined test eligibility to home-based players in order to protect its domestic competitions, a rule some pundits say is outdated and could hurt the three-time world champions in the long run. When his appointment as head coach was announced in April, Robertson said he would be open to picking overseas players. However, NZR boss Mark Robinson said the subject had not even come up at the governing body’s final board meeting of the year on Wednesday morning.
“It wasn’t discussed,” he told New Zealand media. “We’re certainly unsurprised by the fact after a World Cup year with a number of players de-parting this sort of thing comes up.” — SuperSport.
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