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Northampton have become used to losing players during international windows.
Previously, clubs in Europe only had to release players in the June and November international windows.
On one level his England duties outside international windows will have to slip slightly down the list of priorities.
A typical playing calendar for an elite New Zealand player includes 16 to 19 Super Rugby matches, six Rugby Championship tests and at least half a dozen test matches split between the June and November international windows.
Signed in 2008, it was worth £110m and gave the England head coach guaranteed access to players outside official international windows and by its end was worth £180,000 per player to the clubs.
The Scot spent chunks of his media availability last year lamenting the league's masochistic decision to schedule games during Fifa international windows, depriving him of his top players, and pointing out that the fading team he inherited from Kinnear – the only other head coach in the franchise's 11-year history – failed to reach the postseason.
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International window shopping.
Given qualifying success, O'Neill could readily have dodged this international window.
For teams that perform well, invites to play in Europe during the November international window may be more forthcoming.
The first two meetings of the three games against the Rapids have all fallen under a FIFA international window.
Injuries aside, the Fifa international window meant an inordinate amount of players were absent over the weekend.
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