D'Arcy Waldegrave: Sportstalk host on Rugby Australia changing their eligibility rules

Rugby Australia has confirmed the rule restricting how many overseas based players Wallabies coaches can pick has been scrapped.

Rugby Australia has since claimed the rule hasn't been enforced for some time.

Sportstalk host D'Arcy Waldegrave explains further.

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
And Darcy water Grave Sports Talk Hoosters. That's hello, does I've.

Speaker 2 (00:03):
Got no idea what you're talking about, and that's probably
a good thing. Hello Hea, the hell are you?

Speaker 1 (00:08):
I'm good? I'm interested in these eligibility rules that are
being changed for rugby Australia.

Speaker 2 (00:13):
Oh they've dropkicked that. They've gone to forget about. This's
just silly any rules.

Speaker 1 (00:17):
Were they actually using the rules though, or were the
rules just there?

Speaker 2 (00:20):
Well, they haven't been enforced for some time. They've not
been really hard line on this guitar law sixty plus
tests before they get picking from overseas. They've been a
little loose, but like it's just not relevant anymore. So
Joe Schmid can pick her ever he once shot.

Speaker 1 (00:41):
Okay, so the Aussies are now doing this, they can
pick players playing overseas. Aren't the Saffas doing this as well? Ah,
the Argies are doing this? How long before we're doing this?

Speaker 2 (00:50):
Never?

Speaker 1 (00:52):
You know, that's not true. We cannot hold the line
on this. I mean, we are so close to bending
the rules with wats his face? Who's up in Japan
at the moment, The handsome one number ten, Richie Moore. Yeah,
that's one. Yeah, we are so really.

Speaker 2 (01:04):
Had to pause when I said that, because I'm not
entirely sure I find any other man handsome.

Speaker 1 (01:09):
But he is handsome though, well you may.

Speaker 2 (01:11):
Think I'm the most handsome man I've ever met.

Speaker 1 (01:15):
Men handsome we are going to Darcy. We've almost broke
that rule for him.

Speaker 2 (01:19):
Well, we've got a very flexible rule because if they
kick enough of a stink and they're good enough, they
can do what they want. And then they go, why
don't you have a Sabada call, which isn't a Sabbat call?
And then come back and make it's going to be okay. Look,
they're slowly but surely loosening, if you will. But I
don't see in the near future, not in the next

(01:39):
few years, a time where ends at ore goes. I
forget about it. Run, it doesn't matter. We don't care anymore.
I think it'll be too destructive for New Zealand rugby
as a whole to do that. What I'm interested with
this no longer their ghetto guitar law. What happens to
Australian super rugby. They've just managed to get themselves back

(02:00):
up into a decent position, and that only happened because
one of their teams fell over, And now what happens
the players start going, wow, I might not play super right.

Speaker 1 (02:10):
Now, Darcy, if you think about this, and if you're
honest about this, if their teams start falling apart because
of this, because players decide our bugger and I'm not
going to do Super Rugby, I'm off to japan them
off to wherever, then it's going to affect our super
rugby as well because we're in the same competition as
so we're going to be holding up the whole competition
without so it is going to eventually happen here.

Speaker 2 (02:31):
So you'd say that this may well be the death
of super rugby, I'm just extrapolating on your thought process.

Speaker 1 (02:37):
Rugby is dead already. It's just going to make it
a great whatever you can tort yourself into believing that
it is going to make a crap product. Crapper because
the Aussies are going to be even more crap than
they already.

Speaker 2 (02:50):
Aren't rubbers this year it was really good. Did you
watch it ever? Did you? Yes?

Speaker 1 (02:55):
I watched a little bit about to stand up frustrated
trying to tell us that the thing that.

Speaker 2 (03:05):
PC that goes for twenty weeks that covers some Australians through.
I think that when you look at New Zealand cricket
and you look at the pliant nature of their laws
and how flexible they've been with the gorilla warfare that
is t twenty franchise cricket, they've beaten a path that
might not be entirely acceptable, but they've understood the lay

(03:27):
of the land and they're working through it. And it
may just be that with a bit of pushing, New
Zealand Rugby will have to address that sternly. But I
don't see them kicking it out completely. I just don't
see that happening.

Speaker 1 (03:38):
Not yet, No, not yet.

Speaker 2 (03:40):
I mean, nothing's impossible ever, right, No.

Speaker 1 (03:43):
It's not really enjoyed chatting to you, Darcy. Sure, Darcy
Crave is going to be that. It's annoying, isn't it.
They keep on pretending anyway. Darcy water Grave is going
to be back for Sports Talks at seven o'clock this
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Speaker 2 (03:57):
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