@Stephie About the same number of Tongans live in New Zealand as in Tonga, same for Samoa. Auckland has the biggest Polynesian population in the world. Australia has about half those numbers. There has been a change in eligibility rules....most of those players don't live in the Country's they play for.
@Stephie Yes...have to have citizenship. However that's where it gets murky. A lot of the 'Islanders' for the want of a better word have dual Citizenship. So they may live and work in say New Zealand or Australia and have citizenship of that country but also have citizenship by descent. Ergo eligible to play for either country.
Been listening as it’s on a pay tv service I don’t subscribe to over here and Channel 7 have done something that overrides VPNs. But I can watch Scotland v New Zealand later as it’s on ITV
