How immigrants helped England’s Rugby World Cup success – Christa Ackroyd

Of the 20 teams competing in Japan there were 138 players representing countries they were not born in. The Vinipola brothers could have represented Tonga through ancestry, New Zealand (Mako) or Australia (Billy) through birth.

They chose England through the residency rules but they could have chosen Wales. You will not hear a single complaint from a sports fan about where they were born or why they came here. Because they are winners who give their all and give us a chance of sporting glory.

Heroes everyone of them for playing their hearts out for their country.

Only for some it wasn’t their country of birth but their country of choice. Of the 20 teams competing in Japan there were 138 players representing countries they were not born in.

The Vinipola brothers could have represented Tonga through ancestry, New Zealand (Mako) or Australia (Billy) through birth. They chose England through the residency rules but they could have chosen Wales. You will not hear a single complaint from a sports fan about where they were born or why they came here. Because they are winners who give their all and give us a chance of sporting glory.

Source-https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/opinion/columnists/how-immigrants-helped-england-s-rugby-world-cup-success-christa-ackroyd-1-10075309

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