No wonder too many promising English qualified players slip through the net.
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South-African born, but English qualified Botha has had an impressive season at lock for the Premiership finalists.
And clubs will have to have a minimum of 15 English qualified players in their match days squads this season, rising to 16 from next season.
The Burundi-born, English qualified player has made 21 first team appearances for Coventry this campaign having joined the club as a 12-year-old.
"Just like the old adage a good big'un always beats a good little'un, if I have the opportunity to sign an English qualified players as opposed to a foreign player, we'll do it.
"What we have to make sure, when we are doing the recruiting, is that is that we have an equal number of overseas players as English qualified players," Diamond added.
"We know who our EQP (English qualified players) are and they've played a big part in a team that's currently fifth in the Premiership, so they're doing something right.
"As an English qualified player as well as Welsh, a move to Bath also puts Dom in a place where he believes he can in the future push for potential international aspirations beyond club rugby".
I don't subscribe to the view that just because half, or just over half, of our Premier League clubs are foreign owned that they don't want to use home-grown English qualified players.
"He is an athletic and big man, who is also English qualified, and was keen to make an impression in this country when he came to visit us earlier this month.
