Grannygate
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Grannygate was a scandal in rugby union over the eligibility of international players in 2000.
The players involved were:
- Shane Howarth former New Zealand fly-half who played for Wales despite being ineligible.
- Brett Sinkinson, Australian born Welsh player.
- Colin Charvis, English born Welsh player of Jamaican (?) descent.
The IRB later changed the eligibility rules so that a player could only play for one country. This led to problems with the Pacific Islanders and the All Blacks, who had previously treated one another's players as interchangeable. (New Zealander Stephen Bachop, for example, played for Samoa in the 1991 World Cup before becoming an All Black, but later switched back to Samoa).
External links
- [1] (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sport/rugby_union/752625.stm)