Squeeze is on for Pacific Island players warns Leo

By NEALE HARVEY

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PACIFIC Island players, for so long a hugely popular feature of the European rugby scene, face being squeezed out as the combined effects of demanding home-grown player schemes, uncertainty over Brexit, and a huge influx of South African players begin to bite.
That is the view of Dan Leo, chief executive of Pacific Rugby Players Welfare, who estimates almost a quarter of 300-plus Pasifika players coming off contract across Europe this summer will be unable to secure new deals, condemning them to an uncertain future.
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