Who could you play for?

[Anna]

England (place of birth & residency)
Ireland (Maternal Grandmother, I think)
Wales (Father)
Probably Canada as well....Maternal Grandfather or something like that.

 

[Sanz]

India.

 

[nightprowler10]

Pakistan
USA
India (if you take in to account that all Pakistanis were infact Indians at one point before the Partition)
Great Britain since they ruled all those areas where my family is from.

 

[Jamee999]

England (birth, maternal grandfather born)
Scotland (mum, maternal grandmother born)
Romania (dad, paternal grandparents)

Possibly another Eastern European country, dunno.

 

[The Baconator]

Just England that I'm sure about, possibly Netherlands because I think my maternal grandfather may have been born there.

EDIT: No he wasn't, just England then.

 

[steds]

England (birth)
Scotland (mum, maternal grandparents born)
Romania (dad, paternal grandparents)

Possibly another Eastern European country, dunno.

Gray - very Romanian name

 

[superkingdave]

English (Dad's family, Mum was born here), French (My mum's family are from there)

 

[BoyBrumby]

Australia (Lived here for 10-11 years or so and citizenship
South Africa (Born there)
England (Mother + Maternal Grandmother born there)
Scotland (Maternal Granfather born there)
Kenya (Father + Paternal Grandfather born there
Italy (Paternal Grandmother born there)

Wow. Clutey a veritable smörgåsbord of qualification. Think 6 will take some topping.

 

[Tomm NCCC]

My best bet is to play for canada, but apart from england id be eligible for australia, and er, france

 

[David]

Sweden
Finland
Australia
England



....
Tasmania

 

[Robertinho]

This thread is a complete swipe from Planet Rugby, but I thought it might be interesting to know which other countries CW posters would be eligible for were they Rugby Union internationals. Cricket's qualification is pretty dull, basically being either born in the country, a national of that country or having resided in a country for four years. Rugby Union's criteria is a bit broader & therefore more interesting IMHO; under Regulation 8.1 of the IRB's code it states one is eligible for a country in which

a) a he/she was born; or

b) one parent or grandparent was born; or

c) he/she has completed thirty six months of residence immediately preceeding the time of playing

So basically if you have a parent or grandparent from elsewhere or have lived somewhere for 3 years you qualify for that country as well as your "own" country under Union's rules.

I qualify for:

1) England (by birth & residence) &
2) Ireland (by my maternal grandfather being born in Ireland).

Anyone else?

I think I could play for...

1) Australia

2) England (?) and Germany (?)

3) Hong Kong

 

[KennyD]

I think I could play for...

1) Australia

2) England (?) and Germany (?)

3) Hong Kong

You little oriental.

 

[Linda]

Australia
NZ
Wales

 

[luffy]

Scottland& England& Aus

 

[PhoenixFire]

England, Ireland and South Africa. An odd combo I admit, but I wouldn't ever play for SA (regardless of whether I'm good enough).

 

[Goughy]

English- Birth
Ireland- Maternal G'Mother
USA- Citizenship
SA- Would qualify for residency soon

 

[NZTailender]

Apart from Australia -

New Zealand
England
Scotland

 

[Buddhmaster]

Just Australia.

 

[ash chaulk]

Australia
England
Scotland
Wales

 

[Hoggy31]

Australia
Croatia - would dominate in their european handball team, imo.