Whenever there's a British rugby journalist in sight, you're only ever a few paragraphs from a line about New Zealand being rugby colonists, pilfering the best Pacific Island talent for themselves and leaving the rest behind.
Aside from the irony - Manu Tuilagi, the Vunipolas, Dylan Hartley et al - and the sheer ignorance of the third Wave of New Zealand immigration, it is questionable as to how much talent pillaging has actually occurred.
The numbers suggest it is probably lower than most would expect.
Domestically, there are some interesting questions to answer: Is Auckland under-represented given its population dwarfs that of any other urban area in New Zealand? What is, per capita, the best All Black-producing city in New Zealand? When will Queenstown finally produce an All Black?
