New boy: Mike Haley playing for Ireland
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SWITCHING allegiance has become such a routine part of the international game that recent examples, all four of them, could easily have been missed. In a World Cup year they assume some importance, like James Moore’s journey from his native Queensland into the Japan second row.
Callum Braley, captain of his native England at U20 level, made it a notable double for Gloucester scrum-halves by making his debut for Italy in Dublin the day before Kingsholm colleague Willi Heinz made his for England against Wales. A Bristoli...