JEFFERY Toomaga-Allen won a solitary cap for New Zealand nine years ago, coming on as a second-half replacement against Japan, but the 29-year old Wasps prop hopes the rules will change to allow him to play for Samoa, where his mother was born.
Under the current regulations, players are allowed to change their international allegiance only if they are involved in the Olympics, and given his position, Samoa are unlikely to be calling on Toomaga-Allen to represent them in the short form of the game.
But World Rugby will later this month vote on a proposal that would allow a capped player ...
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