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<blockquote data-quote="GoTheNaki" data-source="post: 747382" data-attributes="member: 70789"><p>I'm sorry, what?</p><p></p><p>Argentina in 2007 finished 3rd in the World Cup, higher than we did... And in 2011, they only lost two games... One to England in Pool Play, and the quarter-final vs the All Blacks... If ANYONE deserved to join such an "elite" competition, as you put it, it would be Argentina. Year after year, they have consistently labelled as a "dark horse" team, and they are only going to become more dangerous to world rugby, now that they are included in the Rugby Championship and Super Rugby competitions. They beat South Africa this year in the RC, they have had a draw, and run Australia and South Africa really close at other times too. Now that they have a Super Rugby team, which is FANTASTIC for their development, they have had young starting players commit to their Super Rugby team, instead of going to Europe to play. This team can only get stronger, and the South African teams should look out with this new Argentinian team being in their Super Rugby conference.</p><p></p><p>As to the original post, we should really see how their Super Rugby team pans out first. They have struggled to sign players to their team, we don't really know how the Japanese public treat rugby, but after the game yesterday I can only assume the sport will gather a bigger following... Plus, the next World Cup is in Japan. The likelihood is if the Japanese national team ends up being competitive, and not just a flash in the pan, then, after their World Cup, they should probably be looked at for joining up with the teams in the Rugby Championship. You cannot just win their first game versus a "tier 1" team, and just get all silly with inclusions into everything..</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GoTheNaki, post: 747382, member: 70789"] I'm sorry, what? Argentina in 2007 finished 3rd in the World Cup, higher than we did... And in 2011, they only lost two games... One to England in Pool Play, and the quarter-final vs the All Blacks... If ANYONE deserved to join such an "elite" competition, as you put it, it would be Argentina. Year after year, they have consistently labelled as a "dark horse" team, and they are only going to become more dangerous to world rugby, now that they are included in the Rugby Championship and Super Rugby competitions. They beat South Africa this year in the RC, they have had a draw, and run Australia and South Africa really close at other times too. Now that they have a Super Rugby team, which is FANTASTIC for their development, they have had young starting players commit to their Super Rugby team, instead of going to Europe to play. This team can only get stronger, and the South African teams should look out with this new Argentinian team being in their Super Rugby conference. As to the original post, we should really see how their Super Rugby team pans out first. They have struggled to sign players to their team, we don't really know how the Japanese public treat rugby, but after the game yesterday I can only assume the sport will gather a bigger following... Plus, the next World Cup is in Japan. The likelihood is if the Japanese national team ends up being competitive, and not just a flash in the pan, then, after their World Cup, they should probably be looked at for joining up with the teams in the Rugby Championship. You cannot just win their first game versus a "tier 1" team, and just get all silly with inclusions into everything.. [/QUOTE]
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