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Swapped allegiance: Sevu Reece
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I OCCASIONALLY get taken to task – I’m being as polite as possible – for suggesting that New Zealand over the years have systematically preyed on the Pacific Islands in their remorseless and cynical search for rugby talent.
I stand by every word but also thought in recent years there had been a modest attempt by the Kiwis to rein themselves in a little.
I got the last bit wrong. Earlier this week two Fijians, both from Victoria School in the small town of Tailevu, won the two most prestigious awards of the New Zeala...

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