A lack of available slots in managed quarantine has ended Samoa's hopes of selecting two former New Zealand internationals for their national sevens team.
Manu Samoa sing the anthem before their test against Scotland at the weekend.
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Players with eligibility for more than one country can switch their allegiance by participating in Olympic qualifying events provided they have a passport for the second country and have completed a stand down period of three years.
World Rugby s rules otherwise prevent players from representing more than one country at senior level.
Lakapi Samoa s General Manager of High Performance, Seumanu Douglas Ngau Chun, said they ve had discussions with some high-profile players who are keen to pull on the blue jersey. For us, I think we ve got a couple of interested former All Blacks that are keen to use this opportunity to switch allegiance back to us.
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