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[2013 TRC] South Africa vs. Argentina in Soweto (17/08/2013)
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<blockquote data-quote="smartcooky" data-source="post: 587424" data-attributes="member: 20605"><p>And in both cases, those who control the competitions sat on their hands when Argentina and Italy were at their strongest.</p><p></p><p>Italy should have joined the Six-Nations at the beginning of the Professional era (1996) when they were having some success - wins over Ireland (twice), France, Argentina and Scotland, and were competitive with other Tier 1 teams. Instead, the 5N committee didn't let them in until 2000 when many of their old guard were retiring</p><p></p><p>Argentina should have been invited to join the Tri Nations straight after the 2007 RWC (where they finished 3rd). Instead, SANZAR pisspotted around for five years until 2012 when it was too late. By then, many of the stars of Argentina rugby, like Pichot, Manuel Contepomi, Miranda, Todeschini, Roncero, Ledesma, Durand, Ignacio Fernandez-Lobbe, Longo and Hasan were either retired or on the way to retiring.</p><p></p><p>IMO both the 6N committee and SANZAR have let these teams down badly.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="smartcooky, post: 587424, member: 20605"] And in both cases, those who control the competitions sat on their hands when Argentina and Italy were at their strongest. Italy should have joined the Six-Nations at the beginning of the Professional era (1996) when they were having some success - wins over Ireland (twice), France, Argentina and Scotland, and were competitive with other Tier 1 teams. Instead, the 5N committee didn't let them in until 2000 when many of their old guard were retiring Argentina should have been invited to join the Tri Nations straight after the 2007 RWC (where they finished 3rd). Instead, SANZAR pisspotted around for five years until 2012 when it was too late. By then, many of the stars of Argentina rugby, like Pichot, Manuel Contepomi, Miranda, Todeschini, Roncero, Ledesma, Durand, Ignacio Fernandez-Lobbe, Longo and Hasan were either retired or on the way to retiring. IMO both the 6N committee and SANZAR have let these teams down badly. [/QUOTE]
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