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[Doon frae Troon]

With the utmost respect I think the vast majority of people would consider this an extremely difficult concept to even imagine, let alone comprehend

Note the word......chose.
Is that not what Lancaster, Wiggins etc did.

 

[Imurg]

Both of those quoted have one English parent - and so qualify to play for England and also qualifies them to be English
Wiggins could have cycled for Australia but chose England (GB)..
What's your point..?

Do you have English Parents?
If so then you would qualify to play for England and be English..

If your parents were Scots/Welsh then purely qualifying to play a sport for England by living here for 5 years doesn't change your Nationality..
SILH could qualify to play for England - do you think he would change from being Scots to being English on the back of this...?

Really?

You would really "become" English and reject being Scottish...?

Really?

 

[Foxholer]

Note the word......chose.
Is that not what Lancaster, Wiggins etc did.

Certainly not Lancaster!

What makes you think that he is Scottish?

Wiggins was born in Belgium to English parents while they were working there. He has lived in England since aged 2. While I am sure he can have dual citizenship, he chose to be English - quite reasonable in those circumstances.

Warburton, while having English parents, was born, educated and played/plays (and lives) in Wales. For him to ever play for England would be very surprising, but while he would be playing for an English/England team, he'd still be Welsh imo!

Anyway just deal with Lancaster - who is English through and through, but spent a bit of time in Scotland during which he played for that National team at age level.

 

[User20205]

You can rationalise it all you want, it's a sad day for Scottish rugby when their only crumb of comfort is that the English coach played for Scotland at age group level. The fact is English age group rugby is really competitive, maybe more than any other country due to playing population....Scottish schools/age group really isn't.

If you ask stewie, I'm sure he would have prefered to play for England, if he was good enough.

 

[GB72]

If I remember correctly, Tony Copsey play in the second row for Wales despite being born in Essex and having 'Made in England' Tattooed on his rear end (this may be an urban myth but remember the rumours when I was younger)

 

[Foxholer]

If I remember correctly, Tony Copsey play in the second row for Wales despite being born in Essex and having 'Made in England' Tattooed on his rear end (this may be an urban myth but remember the rumours when I was younger)

This is the 'fortunate dilemma' of someone who has qualified (and asked/invited) into more than 1 squad. They make a choice as to who they play for, but I'm certain it doesn't change their Nationality.