Quote Originally Posted by anto eile
imagine in football.
ray houghton played for ireland, but temporarily switched to britain to play in the commonwealth games footabll tournament, then back to irealnd afterwards.
all hypothetical,but still it wouldnt be right. athlets shuoldnt be switching countries to play in various competitions to suit themselves
Apart from Britain not fielding a team in the Commonwealth ( i.e England, Scotland, Wales, The Isle Of Man, Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney and Northern Ireland all field individual teams) that is .