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The Wasps fly-half Lima Sopoaga believes the player drain from New Zealand to Europe will increase because the lure of the All Blacks jersey no longer outweighs the financial incentives on offer in the northern hemisphere.
Sopoaga has 16 New Zealand caps – two of which are starts – and signed a lucrative two-year deal with Wasps in January. He arrived over the summer, ruling him out of the international picture in light of the All Blacks’ strict policy of picking only players based at home.
Written by Gerard Meagher
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/sep/11/money-too-good-new-zealanders-wasps-lima-sopoaga under the title “Money in European rugby is too good to resist, says Wasps’ Lima Sopoaga”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
