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This is my wishful thinking, rather than something that can happen. There really is no team in the world able to play 6 games in a row against 3 giants of the SH without leaving damaged. I think it's too tough test for our team and for any team.
The Rugby Championship not brought any benefit to Argentine rugby so far. It has not increased the number of rugby players, has not increased the number of rugby teams, simply increased the hatred against our national team and against rugby. Just increased hatred against rugby players, as all football supporters expect this tournament to celebrate the defeats of our team.
I think it's not healthy for our rugby continue in this competition. The process will be long and very very slow. Currently NZ and SA have domestic competitions such as the ITM Cup (NZ) and the Currie Cup (SA). ARU is building its own domestic championship (NRC) also each have 5 Super Rugby franchises. Australia doesn't have a stable domestic league, but they have the Rugby League's professional championship biggest of the world, and although this may be negative for Union, also in a sense is beneficial for Rugby Union, as it keeps a lot of athletes with similar rugby skills, because technical skills between the two sports are very similar, except for some very specific positions as the front row in the Union (That explains why Australia is better than countries with more tradition in the Union and more Union players like England and France). We'll have our first SR franchise in 2016, there is very much difference between us and them.
For example, England in June tests against ABs played very well, especially the first two games. They were in a very high standard and made them feel the rigor but they couldn't win. And we're talking about England. We can also talk of Wales, who lost his 2 tests against SA this year and has a large amount of loss to Australia in the last years. Ireland at a good time was crushed against Australia in the last year, France was crushed by Australia in 2/3 tests. It really is very difficult and this year will be the toughest of ALL for the Pumas because the Aussies have regained their mystique, and now they have a team that truly scary.
I think historical beatings come, we will be the tip of the barrel of Argentine sports. The casual supporters don't understand the situation, they just enjoy the lost of the Pumas, 'The upper middle class children'. They are waiting for this moment to say: "You aren't competitive". "You lose ALL the games". I think this is not beneficial for the Argentine rugby is only feed our enemies. I also believe that Europeans are to blame for this for not accepting the Pumas in their tournament. I think it's more logical to play against teams on our level, since they themselves suffer when faced with the 3 giants of South.
The IRB must have taken up the issue and had to have forced the Europeans to include the Pumas in their tournament. It would have been easy to include a team more , just ask the Pumas play their first three games in Europe and then play their last three games in South America. Only three European teams would have to travel to South America once per tournament and after the trip get a bye round.
Well, this is my catharsis because the next weeks will be tough for rugby supporters in Argentina. I'll have to hit some football supporters in the coming weeks, my patience is running out and it's difficult to talk about rugby with casual fans.
The Rugby Championship not brought any benefit to Argentine rugby so far. It has not increased the number of rugby players, has not increased the number of rugby teams, simply increased the hatred against our national team and against rugby. Just increased hatred against rugby players, as all football supporters expect this tournament to celebrate the defeats of our team.
I think it's not healthy for our rugby continue in this competition. The process will be long and very very slow. Currently NZ and SA have domestic competitions such as the ITM Cup (NZ) and the Currie Cup (SA). ARU is building its own domestic championship (NRC) also each have 5 Super Rugby franchises. Australia doesn't have a stable domestic league, but they have the Rugby League's professional championship biggest of the world, and although this may be negative for Union, also in a sense is beneficial for Rugby Union, as it keeps a lot of athletes with similar rugby skills, because technical skills between the two sports are very similar, except for some very specific positions as the front row in the Union (That explains why Australia is better than countries with more tradition in the Union and more Union players like England and France). We'll have our first SR franchise in 2016, there is very much difference between us and them.
For example, England in June tests against ABs played very well, especially the first two games. They were in a very high standard and made them feel the rigor but they couldn't win. And we're talking about England. We can also talk of Wales, who lost his 2 tests against SA this year and has a large amount of loss to Australia in the last years. Ireland at a good time was crushed against Australia in the last year, France was crushed by Australia in 2/3 tests. It really is very difficult and this year will be the toughest of ALL for the Pumas because the Aussies have regained their mystique, and now they have a team that truly scary.
I think historical beatings come, we will be the tip of the barrel of Argentine sports. The casual supporters don't understand the situation, they just enjoy the lost of the Pumas, 'The upper middle class children'. They are waiting for this moment to say: "You aren't competitive". "You lose ALL the games". I think this is not beneficial for the Argentine rugby is only feed our enemies. I also believe that Europeans are to blame for this for not accepting the Pumas in their tournament. I think it's more logical to play against teams on our level, since they themselves suffer when faced with the 3 giants of South.
The IRB must have taken up the issue and had to have forced the Europeans to include the Pumas in their tournament. It would have been easy to include a team more , just ask the Pumas play their first three games in Europe and then play their last three games in South America. Only three European teams would have to travel to South America once per tournament and after the trip get a bye round.
Well, this is my catharsis because the next weeks will be tough for rugby supporters in Argentina. I'll have to hit some football supporters in the coming weeks, my patience is running out and it's difficult to talk about rugby with casual fans.
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