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<blockquote data-quote="Leonormous Boozer" data-source="post: 769642" data-attributes="member: 45598"><p>First of all I'm loosely basing this from now until 2018, 2019 is not on my mind. </p><p></p><p>I mentioned in my first post how vital it is that Tucelet becomes playmaker and can control a game from 15 and I could see him doing a good and possibly more important job at 12. You've got an incredible amount of dangerous strike runners but without Hernandez and JMFB I think you could struggle to unleash them until the likes of Tucelet and Moroni can, I don't think Sanchez can do it on his own, Argentina have always relied on having playmakers at 10 and 12 to be a strong side and I think the 12 part of that will take time to develop for this team. </p><p></p><p>As for the age gap, I wrote a post on another thread saying that for all the players Ireland are losing they have capped replacements, some of whom have the ability to be world class. Joe Schmidt has done an impressive and very 'kiwi like' job in making sure his replacements had international experience, had he been coach since 2011 those injuries probably wouldn't have been such a problem. I think all teams get worse after a World Cup but I think Joe will have Ireland at the pace they were against France by this time next year, unfortunately I don't see as much room for improvement beyond that as the likes of Argentina will have. </p><p></p><p>I'm not being pessimistic to Argentina's hopes I just don't think that the improvements will be instant like some others on here do. They're currently a top 7 side (not the 7th best) and I think they'll be considered that in 4 years time too, they'll be stronger than they are now but I think it'll be a struggle for them to get there. After 2019 is when I see you lot getting scary and being a constant in the top 4 if NH rugby doesn't get it's act together. </p><p></p><p>As for Los Jaguares, I think it's fair to expect a team playing at superugby level week in week out to struggle to make the jump to international level. It's pure speculation though as there's no precedent or stats for it. I think the UAR should push for another superugby side though.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Leonormous Boozer, post: 769642, member: 45598"] First of all I'm loosely basing this from now until 2018, 2019 is not on my mind. I mentioned in my first post how vital it is that Tucelet becomes playmaker and can control a game from 15 and I could see him doing a good and possibly more important job at 12. You've got an incredible amount of dangerous strike runners but without Hernandez and JMFB I think you could struggle to unleash them until the likes of Tucelet and Moroni can, I don't think Sanchez can do it on his own, Argentina have always relied on having playmakers at 10 and 12 to be a strong side and I think the 12 part of that will take time to develop for this team. As for the age gap, I wrote a post on another thread saying that for all the players Ireland are losing they have capped replacements, some of whom have the ability to be world class. Joe Schmidt has done an impressive and very 'kiwi like' job in making sure his replacements had international experience, had he been coach since 2011 those injuries probably wouldn't have been such a problem. I think all teams get worse after a World Cup but I think Joe will have Ireland at the pace they were against France by this time next year, unfortunately I don't see as much room for improvement beyond that as the likes of Argentina will have. I'm not being pessimistic to Argentina's hopes I just don't think that the improvements will be instant like some others on here do. They're currently a top 7 side (not the 7th best) and I think they'll be considered that in 4 years time too, they'll be stronger than they are now but I think it'll be a struggle for them to get there. After 2019 is when I see you lot getting scary and being a constant in the top 4 if NH rugby doesn't get it's act together. As for Los Jaguares, I think it's fair to expect a team playing at superugby level week in week out to struggle to make the jump to international level. It's pure speculation though as there's no precedent or stats for it. I think the UAR should push for another superugby side though. [/QUOTE]
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