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WATCH NOW: Saracens v Ospreys

Saracens v Ospreys pre-season friendly

Watch now as Premiership champions Saracens take on Welsh PRO14 side Ospreys in a pre-season friendly at the Honourable Artillery Company Ground in London. Kick off is at 1800 BST.

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Wales winger George North will make his debut for the Ospreys, while Saracens starting XV includes England and Lions hooker Jamie George, while Maro Itoje is named on the bench.

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Saracens:

15. Alex Goode; 14. David Strettle, 13. Alex Lozowski, 12. Brad Barritt (captain), 11. Sean Maitland; 10. Max Malins, 9. Ben Spencer; 1. Richard Barrington, 2. Jamie George, 3. Vincent Koch, 4. Nick Isiekwe, 5. Will Skelton, 6. Michael Rhodes, 7. Ben Earl, 8. Jackson Wray
Replacements: Ralph Adams-Hale, Chris Tolofua, Hayden Thompson-Stringer, Maro Itoje, Dominic Day, Sean Reffell, Sione Vailanu, Tom Whiteley, Dominic Morris, Duncan Taylor, Nick Tompkins, Alex Lewington

Ospreys: 15 .Dan Evans; 14. George North, 13. Scott Williams, 12. Owen Watkin, 11. Tom Williams; 10. Sam Davies, 9. Aled Davies; 1. Nicky Smith, 2. Scott Baldwin, 3. Tom Botha, 4. Adam Beard, 5. Bradley Davies, 6. Sam Cross, 7. Justin Tipuric (captain), 8. James King
Replacements: Scott Otten, Rhodri Jones, Alex Jeffries, Giorgi Nemsadze, Ifan Phillips, Tom Habberfield, Luke Price, Luke Morgan, Lloyd Ashley, James Ratti, Guido Volpi, Matthew Aubrey, Hanno Dirksen, Cory Allen, Joe Thomas, James Hook

 

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GS 1 hour ago
Bundee Aki sends new reminder to All Blacks he's the one that got away

Interestingly, your dishonesty in not being truthful reflects on you. As explained to you and probably by many other people in the past, NZ is a multi-cultural country with a large percentage of the population being of Polynesian heritage.


Let me share a personal story that illustrates this. My cousin, a good Kiwi girl, fell in love and married a Samoan over 40 years ago. They started a family, and now their daughter is about to start her own.


Now, when the child is older, he/she can choose to play for ABs or Samoa—ABs via birth and Samoa via Grandparents. It is probably very likely, as the husband is a former AB, so a professional rugby career is a distinct possibility.


If he plays for ABs - given your state of mind, NZ has stolen him from Samoa...


There is natural immigration between NZ and the Islands. They are part of our community, and kids do come down on rugby scholarships to learn rugby and get an education.


On the other hand, Ireland specifically targeted adult professional rugby players, who they termed "project players," to cap them for Ireland. Among those numbers are people like Jarrod Payne, Aki, Lowe, CJ Stander, etc.


This "project "was run and funded by the IRFU to directly assist the Irish rugby team in addressing depth issues.


20% of the Irish run on team vs NZ at the WC, were in effect "project players" - maybe Jamieson GP is little different as don't think he was deliberately targeted unlike Aki/Lowe.


That you can honestly compare natural immigration between Islands and the Pacific, where the cultural makeup is similar vs. a targeted project set up by the IRFU, shows just how inherently dishonest you are.


The foolish thing about it is it embarrasses the Irish team when it's not necessary. As shown by the last test against the Boks, Ireland didn't need these project players to win, as they are a quality side without those players.


Instead, all they have done is give people the ability to detract from any achievements by pointing out the Irish brought their way to success.

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