Conrad,
1- Well, the Georgian sounds coeherent for me. In any case, I don´t think someone need to play an sport to talk about it. Otherwise how many of us would support/talk about F-1 ?
2- You´re right. We have black people and we´re are a much more "mixed" community as well. But I doubt that is impossible to find a talent to play rugby in the Argentinian "ghettos". I think it would only make the Pumas stronger.
3- Yeah! It was fantastic! Would be wonderful if los Teros qualified! It will be really tough for them to win USA in Atlanta, but who knows?
4- I´m afraid I don't get your point here, but ok, let me introduce myself…
I watch and follow rugby since WC 2007. Since 2012 I play in amateur level.
Nowadays I play the "Série C Paulista", which is the 3rd division local championship. I play for Portuguesa Rugby, which is the rugby team of the traditional football team "Portuguesa" (I think Portuguesa never was in a big contest in Libertadores, so I don´t know if you know them… they´re like, I don´t know, a Chacaritas Jr. or something from Argentina).
So, I train 4 days a week on the pitch and I´m always trying to learn more and more about rugby. Of course I´m a beginner comparing with you or people who has born in countries such as NZ, AU, UK, IR or others, and that´s why I joined the forum, I need to learn a lot yet. BUT, I still not getting your point with your question, have I talked some bull**** so far?
SimonG
Yes, Simon! That is what happens…
Of course there´s some rugby guys from here who still with the rivalry and will never support Argentina in any case, but the truth is: Rugby is a territory where we´re not rivals. We actually use to play against a Team C of them and still we lose by 80 points!
In history we have won only one game against them in a minor 7´s championship by 7 x 0… So, people here actually admires the Pumas. And we think that if they become stronger in the world of Rugby, it´ll be good for the neighbors…
Well, I don´t know, if in 20 or 30 years we had a team to face them, of course it´ll be a whole new scenario and, then, it´ll be time for the old rivalry!
1- It's different, you don't need $ 1 million to play rugby
2- As I said, the doors of rugby clubs are open to the working class. If they can't tolerate the blows of the rugby, that's their problem. No one forbids them to the practice of rugby here.
3- It would be very nice for the Consur that Uruguay back to a WC
4- OK
A Brazilian supporting Argentina in Rugby?. Seriously?. In football they want to kill each other (oh how I'd love an Argentina-Brazil final at the World Cup).
Argies and Uruguayans dont like each other either..intense rivalry. Surely it's the same in Rugby?
Never knew anyone in Uruguay played Rugby until that film Alive came out about the plane crash of the rugby team in the Andes
Read this article that I translated for you:
The Pumas and its contagion effect in the region. The sporting success of the Pumas in recent times have generated a tremendously positive effect on the entire region of South American Rugby.
Unlike other team sports (Like football) , emerging countries within the region are far from living that Pumas growth with envy or contempt. Quite the contrary. Have taken it as an opportunity to expand the player base and spread the game in their own territory.
Moreover, they have taken as a mirror the spirit and the passion with which they play the Argentines. When you start an international competition either Rugby Championship or the World Cup, all rugby players in the region are, somehow, crazy fans of the Pumas. Here there is no such footballing rivalry of wanting "To go bad neighbor". Everyone line proud behind Argentine epics.
Strong evidence of magnetism generated by the Pumas in South America is the amount of Brazilian, Uruguayan, Paraguayan and Chilean , among others, which are mobilized every year to watch the matches of the Pumas in their various presentations against to the giants of the Tri Nations.
That magnetism and identification with a way of living the rugby has been taken as an example for many countries in the region. It has generated a contagion effect magnitude and today , we can say that our Pumas also play and represent the entire CONSUR. (South American Rugby Union)
Their triumphs and feats leave happy and proud to all member countries and it seems that the magical aura expands Pumas spread to the remotest corners where rugby is practiced. All they lie behind the success of the Pumas and still manage to multiply their enthusiasm, commitment and preparation for the game.
While in other sports , the picture is different and daunting. The growth of some other rivalries increases and turns unconstructive debates. If we talk about football for example, the evolution and growth of others always generates a wave of antipathy and detractors. By contrast , the success of the Pumas produced admiration and our neighbors especially identification.
A sports mobilizes growth throughout the region and creates a virtuous circle in terms of broadcasting the game and level of competition . I insist. The South American countries are line behind Los Pumas to copy and try to grow , and not to exalt differences , dislikes or false sports rivalries as in other sports.
http://www.rugbyfun.com.ar/nota.asp?not_codigo=81703
