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Pichot "forces" the Pumas to join the SR in 2016
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<blockquote data-quote="nickdnz" data-source="post: 697919" data-attributes="member: 38640"><p>All their moves makes sense and I think is actually clever going forward.</p><p></p><p>For all the benefit the Top 14 has done for Argentina rugby (and it is huge in many ways) - the fact that clubs have prevented Argentina to have all their best players available during international windows (meaning the June series results in Argentina regularly getting destroyed and moving down the rankings) - means I think recruiting purely from one competition that guarantees releases around international rugby is very good. Part of them getting the contract was guaranteeing their best players would play Super Rugby, so they didn't really have much choice regardless.</p><p></p><p>In terms of recruiting from one team - hopefully that actually will not be the case. They can recruit from <strong>any </strong>Super Rugby team. As it currently stands that means quite little - however if Top Argentinian players are willing to take less money than in the Top 14 - there is no reason why we won't see more players being picked up by NZ, South African - and particularly Australian sides who are lacking in depth significantly. Also it is not unreasonable to suspect the Japanese franchise to want to bolster their squad and pay a lot for a proven international (an Argentinian prop certainly wouldn't hurt Japan...). So in the long run I think the issue of depth will resolve itself. I believe they will still be able to recruit domestically and since they are running their own franchise they can transition amateur local talent into professional ranks far more efficiently.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nickdnz, post: 697919, member: 38640"] All their moves makes sense and I think is actually clever going forward. For all the benefit the Top 14 has done for Argentina rugby (and it is huge in many ways) - the fact that clubs have prevented Argentina to have all their best players available during international windows (meaning the June series results in Argentina regularly getting destroyed and moving down the rankings) - means I think recruiting purely from one competition that guarantees releases around international rugby is very good. Part of them getting the contract was guaranteeing their best players would play Super Rugby, so they didn't really have much choice regardless. In terms of recruiting from one team - hopefully that actually will not be the case. They can recruit from [B]any [/B]Super Rugby team. As it currently stands that means quite little - however if Top Argentinian players are willing to take less money than in the Top 14 - there is no reason why we won't see more players being picked up by NZ, South African - and particularly Australian sides who are lacking in depth significantly. Also it is not unreasonable to suspect the Japanese franchise to want to bolster their squad and pay a lot for a proven international (an Argentinian prop certainly wouldn't hurt Japan...). So in the long run I think the issue of depth will resolve itself. I believe they will still be able to recruit domestically and since they are running their own franchise they can transition amateur local talent into professional ranks far more efficiently. [/QUOTE]
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