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Message: [QUOTE="McHunt, post: 3461714, member: 9853"] Both Rugby codes are becoming dominated by Pacific Islanders and Maoris, who collectively form an ethnic minority in this region. Most teams have at least 50%, but usually higher of this group, while they comprise less than 2% of the rugby catchment population. Given that racial subjects like this are best avoided lest you get branded with some kind of terminal insult, which requires a bloodletting that's never enough, it's not a topic many feel comfortable addressing. The reality is this means the majority of parents are not sending their kids to play the Rugby codes, or the kids are invariably not good enough to make the team. The complaint you most commonly hear is these Pacifika kids are too big, and it's not fair. Well of course it's fair, and the Pacifika deserve their success but it's not healthy for growth of the the sport within the wider population. No one has a final solution for this because it's a matter of natural selection. The dominant ethnic group in the region is not the master race in this sport and never will be. [/QUOTE]

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