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Originally Posted by Barrie Yates
It does apply in most sports - Football, Rugby (both codes), cricket, athletics, tennis and no doubt many more.
If there is to be a level playing field then let it apply across all sports and all nations. Look at Ireland, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Russia and former Russian States in football.
To my mind, if anyone becomes a British (English) citizen with a British Passport then they are eligible to represent the country of which they are a citizen.
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I've never been a fan of a piece of paper taking the place of blood lines Barrie, never mind how long they live here, if they are born here to foreign parents that's fine, but being born in say South Africa then qualifying to play for England after a 5 year residency doesn't work for me