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<blockquote data-quote="Melhor Time" data-source="post: 474133" data-attributes="member: 20116"><p><strong>Jayatron</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong>I don´t know as much about rugby in Spain and Portugal as I would like to. In Portugal the best teams seem to be packed with lawyers and doctors with Lisbon´s Law School (Direito) being the strongest club. In Spain it seems to be like Italy but amateur in that there is a base of solid Spanish players and also loads of imports just like in Italy. Argentine players, Kiwis, etc and even a guy from Ecuador in La Vila. </p><p></p><p>I think Madrid and Barcelona should target entrance into the Rabo Direct Pro 12 by 2020. Spain could replicate Italy by producing a few franchises similar to Aironi. They could go pro and this would be the best path - easier and smarter than trying to make a professional Spanish League. Spain gets good crowds for international matches - similar to Canada. Madrid does well. </p><p></p><p>Portugal is a better international team but gets smaller crowds. The team will be at another World Cup again soon. Domestically I prefer whats going on in Spain but do think an Iberian Professional League could work and for Portugal would be great. But for Spain it´d be better to try to enter the Celtic-Italian League. Portugal has some imported players like Gardner but does produce good talent like Bardy who plays for Clermont. </p><p></p><p><strong>Ginger Genius</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong>A lot of people are of the opinion that Spanish and Portuguese are very similar and almost the same language. Its a major myth especially in South America where Brazilian Portuguese is about 50 years away from being regarded as its own language. Vastly different to European - more so to the differences from Quebec´s French to that spoken in France itself. The issue with Portuguese is that it is written similar to Spanish but is spoken entirely different. Brazilians can understand Argentines speaking in a limited way but Argentines have no idea what Brazilians are saying. I read once that European Portuguese is like a Drunk Frenchman trying to speak Spanish. Interesting but good comparison. </p><p></p><p>Tropa do Elite 2 is a good movie! The Portuguese spoken is Carioca (Rio de Janeiro). I live in São Paulo state about 11 hours from there and have an interior meets gringo accent (I am told). Its really different to Carioca which sounds like they are singing a lot of the time. When I started learning the language it was really tough and I tried using Spanish as a shortcut. I doesn´t work.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Melhor Time, post: 474133, member: 20116"] [B]Jayatron [/B]I don´t know as much about rugby in Spain and Portugal as I would like to. In Portugal the best teams seem to be packed with lawyers and doctors with Lisbon´s Law School (Direito) being the strongest club. In Spain it seems to be like Italy but amateur in that there is a base of solid Spanish players and also loads of imports just like in Italy. Argentine players, Kiwis, etc and even a guy from Ecuador in La Vila. I think Madrid and Barcelona should target entrance into the Rabo Direct Pro 12 by 2020. Spain could replicate Italy by producing a few franchises similar to Aironi. They could go pro and this would be the best path - easier and smarter than trying to make a professional Spanish League. Spain gets good crowds for international matches - similar to Canada. Madrid does well. Portugal is a better international team but gets smaller crowds. The team will be at another World Cup again soon. Domestically I prefer whats going on in Spain but do think an Iberian Professional League could work and for Portugal would be great. But for Spain it´d be better to try to enter the Celtic-Italian League. Portugal has some imported players like Gardner but does produce good talent like Bardy who plays for Clermont. [B]Ginger Genius [/B]A lot of people are of the opinion that Spanish and Portuguese are very similar and almost the same language. Its a major myth especially in South America where Brazilian Portuguese is about 50 years away from being regarded as its own language. Vastly different to European - more so to the differences from Quebec´s French to that spoken in France itself. The issue with Portuguese is that it is written similar to Spanish but is spoken entirely different. Brazilians can understand Argentines speaking in a limited way but Argentines have no idea what Brazilians are saying. I read once that European Portuguese is like a Drunk Frenchman trying to speak Spanish. Interesting but good comparison. Tropa do Elite 2 is a good movie! The Portuguese spoken is Carioca (Rio de Janeiro). I live in São Paulo state about 11 hours from there and have an interior meets gringo accent (I am told). Its really different to Carioca which sounds like they are singing a lot of the time. When I started learning the language it was really tough and I tried using Spanish as a shortcut. I doesn´t work. [/QUOTE]
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