I am amazed on how many supposed Kiwi players playing in the NRL have perfect Aussie accents, NZ accent is very difficult to lose which means they have been here in OZ for a very long long time.
I would not like ro see the supposed Kiwi players deciding that they want to play for NZ all because they would not make it in the Australian side, don't get me wrong! I want to see a stong NZ team as it has been but long term I think our causins across the Tasman are better off developing their super young players so they do not need to pick players for example where Mum and Dad imigrated here when the player was maybe 12yo or the players Grand Ma is a Kiwi etc etc
I believe this is not helpng the development of NZ RL, am I wrong? maybe it is easy to lose that Kiwi accent very quickly however from all the Friends I have as Kiwi's here in OZ it does not seem like it.