Isn't Benji Marshall eligible for Australia then?

the eligility rules are fairly clear re origin

lol

glad to see our efforts to educate you are not being wasted!

SOO eligibility is as flexible as a gymnast. If it suits your in. Uate had made himself eligible for Fiji meaning he was not eligible for Australia for 2 years meaning he should not have played for NSW. I have no problem with it, they should just stop the pretence and allow anyone who wants to play in it eligible depending on where they align themselves with.

The sad thing is in his desire to play SOO RL has lost the opportunity for a star player like Uate to really be a figure head for the game in Fiji.

Wrong..........Rules state where you first played Senior Grade RL.............nothing about Under age comps...HTH.

....typo, should have said "a" Newcastle Hunter Club not "the"


Again......you start with the abuse





OK.....so my opinion differs to yours and you call me names.......



Seriously.......some people need to learn how to accept the views of others without getting all defensive.

Wrong. He played for Fiji in the last World Cup cycle. He now has the ability to change allegiences if he applies to the RLIF, which he did. If he played for Fiji last year he wouldn't be allowed to play for NSW, but he didn't.

Wrong. The rules talk about senior football, but the definition of senior football is rep under 16s or higher. And even if that was true it doesn't alter the fact that those players are well within the rules to play for the state they play for. If you don't know the rules and you don't make any sense you have no credibility on the matter. Differing views have no bearing on facts.

wrong!


the rules stated,which the ARL signed upto too, that you could switch in 2009...but whoever you played for in 2009 you where tied into that country for the next 5 YEARS.....hence why hayne,jennings,bridge & harrison all switched after the last world cup......


UATE played for fiji in the 2009 pacific cup...that tied him into fiji until after the 2013 world cup.....


you know this...stop making up laws muppet

Absolute nonsense. The rules are that there is an "election period". This period is essentially from World Cup to World Cup. You are allowed to change your allegience ONCE DURING THAT ELECTION PERIOD if you apply to the RLIF. So you have one allegience and you change it and that's it. Uate has changed his. If you want to go calling people muppets you should really make sure you know what you're talking about first. But we all know you go off half-cocked and make stupid, incorrect statements all the time, like your infamous "New Zealand has never beaten England/GB in a series in England" when of course they have won not one, not two, but three.

lol where did u find that photo u sicko

His personal collection I'd say.

Quote ECT="ECT"Absolute nonsense. The rules are that there is an "election period". This period is essentially from World Cup to World Cup. You are allowed to change your allegience ONCE DURING THAT ELECTION PERIOD if you apply to the RLIF.'" NONSENSE??? not according to your very own geoff carr rlcm.isntweb.net/latest-news/5378-rugby-league Quote ECTFRIDAY, 30 APRIL 2010 06:40 By Robert Dillon - ARL chief executive Geoff Carr has ordered Country Rugby League officials not to select Knights flyer Akuila Uate for next Friday's representative clash with City Origin at Port Macquarie. The Herald was told on Wednesday that Uate was a virtual certainty for a Country Origin wing berth, except in the unlikely instance that Australia's selectors did not retain Brett Morris for next week's Anzac Test. But Uate, by representing his native Fiji at the Pacific Cup in November, unwittingly made himself ineligible for representative honours in Australia until after the next World Cup, in 2013.'" as the kids say these days....[size=200BOOM!!!![/size now jog on ya muppet

Quote ECT="ECT"Absolute nonsense. The rules are that there is an "election period". This period is essentially from World Cup to World Cup. You are allowed to change your allegience ONCE DURING THAT ELECTION PERIOD if you apply to the RLIF.'" NONSENSE??? not according to your very own geoff carr rlcm.isntweb.net/latest-news/5378-rugby-league Quote ECTFRIDAY, 30 APRIL 2010 06:40 By Robert Dillon - ARL chief executive Geoff Carr has ordered Country Rugby League officials not to select Knights flyer Akuila Uate for next Friday's representative clash with City Origin at Port Macquarie. The Herald was told on Wednesday that Uate was a virtual certainty for a Country Origin wing berth, except in the unlikely instance that Australia's selectors did not retain Brett Morris for next week's Anzac Test. But Uate, by representing his native Fiji at the Pacific Cup in November, unwittingly made himself ineligible for representative honours in Australia until after the next World Cup, in 2013.'" as the kids say these days....[size=200BOOM!!!![/size now jog on ya muppet