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Should the Pumas stay in the RC, for the next seasons. Yes or No? Argue
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<blockquote data-quote="Hill-Back-Dallaglio" data-source="post: 529486" data-attributes="member: 63619"><p>Yes, but the standard of teams they're playing against is going to be far higher than that of the 6 nations. Therefore, I can't see how that point computes. I'd say the standard of Argentine player in comparison to the rest of the RC teams is comparable with the standard of Italian players against the other European teams.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>So do/did the Italians.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Have those crowds not been there for the past 20 or 30 years? And in any case, my point was that it's going to be at least 10 years before Argentina are truly going to be competitive in the RC. I don't see how having kids excited for the game is going to help them beat South Africa next year.</p><p></p><p>Let's have a wee reality check. They shipped 50+ points at home to the All Blacks last week. The weather kept the score line down in New Zealand. Had South Africa actually been playing rugby at the start of the tournament I doubt they would have gotten the draw. They lost to a frankly quite pathetic Wallabies team and performance this weekend. That was a game that both South Africa and New Zealand would have won comprehensively. They're still a long way off where they need to be to be in with a chance of winning matches regularly.</p><p></p><p>Of course this doesn't mean that I don't think they should be in the tournament, just that their chances of winning more than a game or two per year for the next few years are relatively negligible.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hill-Back-Dallaglio, post: 529486, member: 63619"] Yes, but the standard of teams they're playing against is going to be far higher than that of the 6 nations. Therefore, I can't see how that point computes. I'd say the standard of Argentine player in comparison to the rest of the RC teams is comparable with the standard of Italian players against the other European teams. So do/did the Italians. Have those crowds not been there for the past 20 or 30 years? And in any case, my point was that it's going to be at least 10 years before Argentina are truly going to be competitive in the RC. I don't see how having kids excited for the game is going to help them beat South Africa next year. Let's have a wee reality check. They shipped 50+ points at home to the All Blacks last week. The weather kept the score line down in New Zealand. Had South Africa actually been playing rugby at the start of the tournament I doubt they would have gotten the draw. They lost to a frankly quite pathetic Wallabies team and performance this weekend. That was a game that both South Africa and New Zealand would have won comprehensively. They're still a long way off where they need to be to be in with a chance of winning matches regularly. Of course this doesn't mean that I don't think they should be in the tournament, just that their chances of winning more than a game or two per year for the next few years are relatively negligible. [/QUOTE]
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