By PETER JACKSON
MORE than 30 Southern Hemisphere players will qualify for England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales before the longer residency rule takes effect.
World Rugby’s delay over enforcing the change from three years to five until the end of 2020 will allow almost two complete teams of New Zealanders and South Africans to change allegiance.
The Rugby Paper’s revelation of the trickle turning into a flood comes at the end of a week when Saracens’ player of the year, the South African flanker Michael Rhodes, spoke of his desire to play for England when he qualifies on r...
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