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Originally posted by Downunda:
That's what I thought at first too Scholarcs, what Yorick is saying though is that it isn't a team that is based on the colour of your skin but on the origin of your ancestors (The fact that they are usually darker skinned doesn't seem to be the issue)
I still don't think it's fair, as Legolas explained, if a team of "whiteys" tried to use this as an excuse for not including black players they would never get away with it.
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hmm...but going by that someone could create a team whose ancestors came from Britain? Now that team would be stamped out pretty quickly, whilst this Maori team is allowed to exist.
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