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<blockquote data-quote="TRF_stormer2010" data-source="post: 385308" data-attributes="member: 39190"><p>Personally I don't have a problem with it being called a 2nd tier competition even though I wouldn't say it corresponds to NZ NPC rugby. I think that and Currie cup rugby is similar in that it is a competition where all but the test players are involved even thuogh those players might be available towards the end of the competition inn non-RWC years.</p><p> </p><p>Vodacom cup rugby is a 2nd tier in that it runs parrallel to Super rugby which is the 1 tier. </p><p> </p><p>In that light I'd call Super rugby tier 1 and Vodacom cup rugby tier 2 while CC rugby has elements of both but runs at a different time table.</p><p> </p><p>But yeah for the most part Vodacom cup teams are made up of 4 types of players IMO;</p><p>- youngsters coming through the youth ranks</p><p>- old players (who probably don't have what it takes for premier rugby any more) who are there for a leadership role</p><p>- fringe players who might get a call up if injury starts getting out of hand in Super rugby</p><p>- premier players coming back from injury to give them game time without the strain of top-top flight rugby</p><p> </p><p>Pampas XV doesn't fit into that but it is a handy place to give those guys some exposure which they probably wouldn't have gotten in Argentina with the eye on including Argentina in a new format TriNations and possibly looking to include Arg team/s in Super rugby.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TRF_stormer2010, post: 385308, member: 39190"] Personally I don't have a problem with it being called a 2nd tier competition even though I wouldn't say it corresponds to NZ NPC rugby. I think that and Currie cup rugby is similar in that it is a competition where all but the test players are involved even thuogh those players might be available towards the end of the competition inn non-RWC years. Vodacom cup rugby is a 2nd tier in that it runs parrallel to Super rugby which is the 1 tier. In that light I'd call Super rugby tier 1 and Vodacom cup rugby tier 2 while CC rugby has elements of both but runs at a different time table. But yeah for the most part Vodacom cup teams are made up of 4 types of players IMO; - youngsters coming through the youth ranks - old players (who probably don't have what it takes for premier rugby any more) who are there for a leadership role - fringe players who might get a call up if injury starts getting out of hand in Super rugby - premier players coming back from injury to give them game time without the strain of top-top flight rugby Pampas XV doesn't fit into that but it is a handy place to give those guys some exposure which they probably wouldn't have gotten in Argentina with the eye on including Argentina in a new format TriNations and possibly looking to include Arg team/s in Super rugby. [/QUOTE]
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