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Tri Nations 2009-2011
Argentina's Proposed Inclusion to the Tri Nations for 2012
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<blockquote data-quote="Prestwick" data-source="post: 279275"><p>Yeah the game was brought over to Argentina through a mixture of Welsh immigration and Royal Navy & British Army teams who toured South America on their travels during the 19th century. Thats how the game originally became implanted in many countries across the world.</p><p></p><p>The game originally came to Japan when the country copied its University and Navy systems along British lines and brought over Rugby as well.</p><p></p><p><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (smartcooky @ Sep 18 2009, 08:04 PM) <a href="http://index.php?act=findpost&pid=412310" target="_blank"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div></p><p></p><p>Dude Los Pumas aren't going to be easy in Argentina, River Plate for example is not a stadium to take lightly. </p><p></p><p>Would agree on Super 14 expansion, that's turning into a complete shambles. Personally I think it should return to S12 but who you going to drop.</p><p></p><p>[/b]</p></blockquote><p></p><p>I agree 100%. The last two times the All Blacks played Argentina in Argentina, we won, but they were both very close, and we really were lucky to win.</p><p></p><p>The match in 2001 was played in front of over 70,000 punters, and it was only a converted try to Scott Robertson in the final few minutes that allowed the All Blacks a lucky 24-20 escape from Buenos Aires to keep their unbeaten record against Argentina intact. The home team had dominated the All Blacks in all facets of play for 75 minutes, but two errors, a missed penalty from right in front, and a missed touch by the normally reliable Argentine fly half Felipe Contepomi cost them dearly in the last minutes of the game.</p><p></p><p>The 2006 match finished 25-19 to the All Blacks but is was another really tough encounter, and the All Blacks were hard on defence for the last 10 minutes when the Argies threw everything at them.</p><p></p><p>They have forged a 60% winning record at home, most often playing with sides that have been crippled by having players not released from their European Clubs. Make no mistake, they will be very, very tough to beat at home when they can put their best team on the park every weekend..</p><p>[/b][/quote]</p><p></p><p>Yeah, I was going to say, Argentina is one of the hardest places to win in and even like when their team is crippled by players not being released, its still a job and a half to beat them. </p><p></p><p>Like PC above said, New Zealand have had to fight tooth and nail just to win over there and England have had some major scares culminating in losing down there earlier this year.</p><p></p><p>They pack out the stadiums game after game and they'll chase you for the entire 80 minutes until you're dead and they're in the lead. Their scrum is one of the most formidable in the world, their backs are some of the best out there. What more do you guys want?! Hernandez shooting laser beams out of his eyes?!?!</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p>
[QUOTE="Prestwick, post: 279275"] Yeah the game was brought over to Argentina through a mixture of Welsh immigration and Royal Navy & British Army teams who toured South America on their travels during the 19th century. Thats how the game originally became implanted in many countries across the world. The game originally came to Japan when the country copied its University and Navy systems along British lines and brought over Rugby as well. <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (smartcooky @ Sep 18 2009, 08:04 PM) [url='index.php?act=findpost&pid=412310']<{POST_SNAPBACK}>[/url]</div> Dude Los Pumas aren't going to be easy in Argentina, River Plate for example is not a stadium to take lightly. Would agree on Super 14 expansion, that's turning into a complete shambles. Personally I think it should return to S12 but who you going to drop. [/b][/quote] I agree 100%. The last two times the All Blacks played Argentina in Argentina, we won, but they were both very close, and we really were lucky to win. The match in 2001 was played in front of over 70,000 punters, and it was only a converted try to Scott Robertson in the final few minutes that allowed the All Blacks a lucky 24-20 escape from Buenos Aires to keep their unbeaten record against Argentina intact. The home team had dominated the All Blacks in all facets of play for 75 minutes, but two errors, a missed penalty from right in front, and a missed touch by the normally reliable Argentine fly half Felipe Contepomi cost them dearly in the last minutes of the game. The 2006 match finished 25-19 to the All Blacks but is was another really tough encounter, and the All Blacks were hard on defence for the last 10 minutes when the Argies threw everything at them. They have forged a 60% winning record at home, most often playing with sides that have been crippled by having players not released from their European Clubs. Make no mistake, they will be very, very tough to beat at home when they can put their best team on the park every weekend.. [/b][/quote] Yeah, I was going to say, Argentina is one of the hardest places to win in and even like when their team is crippled by players not being released, its still a job and a half to beat them. Like PC above said, New Zealand have had to fight tooth and nail just to win over there and England have had some major scares culminating in losing down there earlier this year. They pack out the stadiums game after game and they'll chase you for the entire 80 minutes until you're dead and they're in the lead. Their scrum is one of the most formidable in the world, their backs are some of the best out there. What more do you guys want?! Hernandez shooting laser beams out of his eyes?!?! [/QUOTE]
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