PETER JACKSON

Jack Dempsey’s switch of allegiance from Australia to Scotland opens the way for a whole host of international players to hop from country to country. World Rugby, in their infinite wisdom, have allowed the muddy waters of national eligibility and identity to get a whole lot muddier.
Nobody can blame Scotland, or Dempsey, for exploiting a rule which allows a player to wear a different colour jersey in a different hemisphere provided he has not played Test rugby for three years. With a neat piece of timing, this case emerges exactly 100 years after the other Jack Dempsey was f...