It's their choice to play for other countries, maybe they should consider this next time. I don't like how Byrnes for example is allowed to play for Russia through some flimsy connection there. I think he mentioned he had never even been to Russia or spoke the language. How does he share any identity to Russia? It's a bit of a joke imo.
Russian Grandparents. I remember talking to an Australian who played for another country and asked him this question. Answer - 'I figured I didn't have the opportunity, and wasn't going to get the opportunity, to play for the Wallabies but still wanted to play international Rugby.' Now, for this bloke it was probably the case. I hope that Byrnes thought about that when he was making the decision as well, as he will now not be able to play for Aust in the future. Joke - not sure.
What I think is going to be a problem though is if more and more players make the decision to play for other countries, and I can see it happening with some of the politics that swirl around rugby in Aust, are we going to end up with a situation where bloody good players are forced overseas out of our competition because they are now seen as 'Marquee' signings. How do we fix this? Not sure. I can see what the ARU is trying to acheive, but I just don't know if in the big picture it will be successful.