World rugby needs to consider radical step to help out Pacific Island nations | Bret Harris

Players of Pacific Island descent fill the squads of international rugby powers, but should discarded players be able to return to their nation of origin?When the Wallabies play Fiji in Melbourne on Saturday the majority of players on the field will be of Pacific Islander descent. Obviously, the Fijians are Pacific Islanders, but 18 members of the Wallabies’ 34-man squad are of Pacific Islander descent,though centre Samu Kerevi, who was one of seven Fijians, has withdrawn following an ankle injury.At present, there is also a decent percentage of Pacific Islanders playing for the All Blacks, wh…