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<blockquote data-quote="Bruce_ma gooshvili" data-source="post: 1120368" data-attributes="member: 74121"><p>And the rebranded Super Rugby Americas season kicks off.</p><p></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]sdDg7MF55u8[/MEDIA]</p><p></p><p>Apparently Dogos are local Argentine players from Cordoba whereas Pampas have more of the top players nationally. Yacare have a squad of 44, 30 of which are eligible to play for Paraguay, so if my maths is right they must field a minimum of 9 Paraguayans in their 23, which is a big step forward for them. </p><p></p><p>The American Raptors are the biggest new addition. Somewhat frustratingly for me they have a female head coach with their brand new team. It seems she is effectively making her coaching debut at this professional level by jumping straight in to head coach. Much like the female coach of Dallas in the MLR in their debut season as a franchise. </p><p></p><p>It is great that some team owners are not blinkered when it comes to gender, but giving two female coaches their pro debut straight at head coach level has the potential to do more harm than good, both for the team and for gender equality (Dallas finished winless and the coach lost their job). I hope the Raptors coach proves me wrong but she is up against experienced coaches coaching sides of RWC qualifying quality. I'd have preferred an experienced coach at the professional level as coach to mentor any identified female talent who would get a year or two apprenticeship as a positional, attack or defence coach before stepping up into the head coach role. Apologies, if I come across as a dinosaur but I'm a great believer in a bit of forward planning when it comes to equality issues.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bruce_ma gooshvili, post: 1120368, member: 74121"] And the rebranded Super Rugby Americas season kicks off. [MEDIA=youtube]sdDg7MF55u8[/MEDIA] Apparently Dogos are local Argentine players from Cordoba whereas Pampas have more of the top players nationally. Yacare have a squad of 44, 30 of which are eligible to play for Paraguay, so if my maths is right they must field a minimum of 9 Paraguayans in their 23, which is a big step forward for them. The American Raptors are the biggest new addition. Somewhat frustratingly for me they have a female head coach with their brand new team. It seems she is effectively making her coaching debut at this professional level by jumping straight in to head coach. Much like the female coach of Dallas in the MLR in their debut season as a franchise. It is great that some team owners are not blinkered when it comes to gender, but giving two female coaches their pro debut straight at head coach level has the potential to do more harm than good, both for the team and for gender equality (Dallas finished winless and the coach lost their job). I hope the Raptors coach proves me wrong but she is up against experienced coaches coaching sides of RWC qualifying quality. I'd have preferred an experienced coach at the professional level as coach to mentor any identified female talent who would get a year or two apprenticeship as a positional, attack or defence coach before stepping up into the head coach role. Apologies, if I come across as a dinosaur but I'm a great believer in a bit of forward planning when it comes to equality issues. [/QUOTE]
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