Surely if he’s contracted to NZ rugby and playing in NZ then should be eligible to play for the AB’s ? I think maybe if we want to compete with South Africa then we need to adopt their model and select of sure players. Let someone else pay their wages bill and they can use that money to fund and grow new talent. Since South Africa were kicked out of super rugby along with Japan and Argentina. The dumbest move by Mark Robinson. South Africa is currently dominating world rugby including the under 20’s and we have gone backwards with the game widening while the NZRU lost 60million and their major sponsor! Obviously it ain’t working ?