David Klemmer #264

[KingRobbie]

Yeah that’s a good call, Pole has been going great and I would love to see him get called up for the training squad like stef a couple of years back.

Pole not eligible for Origin either.

Raised in Victoria, born in New Zealand.

 

[Buttface]

Pole not eligible for Origin either.

Raised in Victoria, born in New Zealand.

I forgot that, he’s a bloody Victorian.
Is there some kind of exorcism we can preform?
So is he eligible for Oz or is he NZ?

 

[KingRobbie]

I forgot that, he’s a bloody Victorian.
Is there some kind of exorcism we can preform?
So is he eligible for Oz or is he NZ?

Pole is eligible for both Australia and NZ, just not Origin because he's not from either state.

All the other names previously mentioned in this thread are eligible for NSW except Leota and Fonua-Blake who are both Kiwi.

 

[Buttface]

Pole is eligible for both Australia and NZ, just not Origin because he's not from either state.

All the other names previously mentioned in this thread are eligible for NSW except Leota and Fonua-Blake who are both Kiwi.

Do you know if he has chosen a country to rep yet?
If not, which one do you reckon he’ll go with, Oz or NZ?

 

[Frosty]

I didn’t think you had to be from NSW or QLD to play origin. I’m sure plenty of origin players were from other states or countries. I thought the rule was to do with playing junior football in a particular state before a certain age, not where you were born.

 

[Buttface]

I didn’t think you had to be from NSW or QLD to play origin. I’m sure plenty of origin players were from other states or countries. I thought the rule was to do with playing junior football in a particular state before a certain age, not where you were born.

The rules are different for each state, for NSW you need to have played your first footy game in this great state of NSW.
For Qld you can play from in where on the planet.

 

[Frosty]

I found the eligibility criteria. Being born in Victoria or NZ doesn’t in itself preclude you from playing origin.

https://www.nrl.com/siteassets/documents/state-of-origin-eligibility-rules.pdf

 

[jrtiger]

Klemmer won't play origin anytime soon given his feud with Freddy. I think Jurbo gets back in time for Origin 1, but Stefano's an outside shout pending any other injuries along with guys like McLean, De Belin and Jacob Saifiti. Martin likely to miss the first game as well by the sounds of things.

8. Trbojevic
9. Koroisau/Cook
10. Haas
11. Murray
12. Matterson/Martin
13. Yeo

14. Hynes
15. Paulo
16. Matterson/Olakau'atu
17. D. Saifiti

 

[DJG]

Stef will be in camp again, hopefully!

 

[king_sirro]

Fonua-Blake is Kiwi.

Not eligible for Origin.

Really? He grew up in Mascot

 

[earl]

14. Hynes

He should start at 6.

 

[upthetigers]

Only Api would be considered imo.

 

[upthetigers]

The rules are different for each state, for NSW you need to have played your first footy game in this great state of NSW.
For Qld you can play from in where on the planet.

What a farce they should have the same eligibility criteria

 

[jrtiger]

He should start at 6.

Freddy will give Luai one game. put the house on it.

 

[KingRobbie]

Do you know if he has chosen a country to rep yet?
If not, which one do you reckon he’ll go with, Oz or NZ?

Not sure if he's chosen yet.

He's lived in Aus for longer so maybe them.

 

[KingRobbie]

I found the eligibility criteria. Being born in Victoria or NZ doesn’t in itself preclude you from playing origin.

https://www.nrl.com/siteassets/documents/state-of-origin-eligibility-rules.pdf

Correct, but Pole was born in NZ and then played all his junior footy in Victoria which precludes him.

 

[KingRobbie]

The rules are different for each state, for NSW you need to have played your first footy game in this great state of NSW.
For Qld you can play from in where on the planet.

As of 2012, eligibility rules are the same for both states.

 

[KingRobbie]

Really? He grew up in Mascot

Yep, he would've been eligible but declared for NZ and has already played for them which rules him out.

 

[KingRobbie]

What a farce they should have the same eligibility criteria

They do as of 2012 according to the NRL site.

 

[Buttface]

What a farce they should have the same eligibility criteria

They do, just ask QLD.