Anonymous
Years ago
Torrey Craig Aussie?
Wasn't Torrey looking at being an Aussie citizen, He what be a star for the Boomers, He had a game winning BLK today vs SUNS
Anonymous
Years ago
Wasn't Torrey looking at being an Aussie citizen, He what be a star for the Boomers, He had a game winning BLK today vs SUNS
koberulz
Years ago
Why would he want to do that?
I don't think Australia is in the habit of giving citizenship to people who haven't even visited the country in three years, either.
Matisse Thybulle was not a chance.
He just spent 7 years in Sydney during his childhood but never gained citizenship
Why would we make him an aus citizen? We need more white immigration.
D2.0
Years ago
Interesting question though, should the NBl & teams take steps towards encouraging more naturalisation?
Wesley should have had his citizenship (of Au or NZ, 1 or the other) before now. Ware should be working on it.
Not sure HOW exactly they could encourage it. Even under the 2-import rule, naturalisations had dropped away substantially.
When locally have we had a naturalized player. We're things easier years back when Al Green, Dwayne Nelson etc were running around. Guaranteed to be wrong but Lisch is only one that springs to mind, but would've thought a decent import would have settled down here even for premier league. Starling and Rios seem to be only ones who've settled here.
I know they're not super recent but Ballinger and Horvath spring to mind as guys who have naturalised
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koberulz
Last week
Why would he want to do that?
I don't think Australia is in the habit of giving citizenship to people who haven't even visited the country in three years, either."
Worked fine for Lisch.
"Worked fine for Lisch."
Huh? Lisch was playing in Australia when he got his
cos it's expensive, time-consuming and difficult. even if you do qualify (like I did) there's a lot to it, it's not as simple a working for three years then collecting your passport.
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