Justin Wilson spent some of last year playing in the USA league with a San Diego team. Although at present the movement has been one way, from New Zealand to the USA, it is hoped that USA players will come to Merlins. USA players could include studies at Lincoln University as part of their exchange arrangments. New Zealand teams and New Zealand University teams have all had Merlins players intheir ranks over the last few years. In 2001 New Zeland Universities will tour Japan and it is hoped that there might be another Merlins player in the ranks this year.
Overseas players are welcome to join and play in Merlins teams.
The students who join Merlins are not all kiwi's. In the last few years there have been players from the South Pacific, USA and Japan playing for Merlins. Visiting overseas teams, especially Japanese teams, often contact and play against Merlins teams. In 2000 a very impressive Kanto Gakuin University team, from Yokohama, played a game against a Merlins Colts team. In previous years Merlins has hosted Osaka Tai Dai and Doshisha University teams.