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<blockquote data-quote="Melhor Time" data-source="post: 278048"><p><strong>Uli85</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>I am not from Brazil but have lived here for 5 years. I have contacts with many here in Brazilian rugby, inc the national coach. I have also been involved with rugby websites. Without question, almost all rugby fans in this country support Argentina. During the World Cup rugby people here all supported los Pumas. People who don't play and only watch some rugby hate Argentina, because of the wendyball (soccer) but everyone involved supports Argentina as the continents world representative. </strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Prestwick</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Toulon are using Fernandez Lobbe's talents to their advantage by using him in a versatile capacity. He has been very strong, maybe their best forward. He can only get better as he leanrs to speak French.</strong></p><p> <strong></strong></p><p><strong>Salta is in the north of Argentina, close to Bolivia. It is a long way from Buenos Aires and other major cities like Cordoba, Mendoza and Rosario. It is relatively close to Tucuman which is a city in which rugby is more popular than soccer. Salta has a population of 400,000 and is Argentina's 8th largest city. The thing about rugby in Argentina is that los Pumas can play anywhere and fill the stadiums. </strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Salta is not 40,000 in capacity but rather it is 24,000. Here are highlights of the match.</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68LTVdkOsYo" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68LTVdkOsYo</a></p><p></p><p><strong>Argentina vs Scotland in Rosario in 2008 was during the French semi finals so Argentina didn't have Hernandez, Roncero, Ledesma, Scelzo, Albacete, Vernet Basualdo, Alvarez and others yet they won the game and the 42,000 venue was full. Here are highlights of the match:</strong></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApRWd22luoQ" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApRWd22luoQ</a></p><p></p><p><strong>The thing is that Argentina don't get to host games. They have hosted only 4 tests since the 2007 World Cup. Thats right, only four in two years! Four different cities and three with fullhouses. The one exception was a 50,000 venue in Cordoba for a match vs Italy. Argentina again had to play without half of their best XV. Nevertheless, the crowd was big, over 40,000. Imagine the possibilities if they could field their best players and were involved in a competition to attract more people. Tri Nations being the obvious. Italy actually wonn the game with a dodgy referee giving them a try and Hernandez breaking his hand after 18 minutes. Anyhow, here are some highlights of the game.</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwQj1yOcON8&feature=related" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwQj1yOcON8...feature=related</a></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>In 2010 Argentina will host Scotland twice and France once or twice, hopefully twice. Four different venues will be used and they will be full. Mar del Plata (48,000), Santa Fe (32,000) and Mendoza (35,000) all wanted to host the match vs England in Salta but Argentina decided to play in Salta to show top rugby in more parts of the country. These three venues + Buenos Aires are all strong contenders to host Scotland and France next year. </strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>In 2000 Argentina hosted South Africa at River Plate Stadium, Buenos Aires and got a fullhouse of 70,000. They repeated this in 2001 vs New Zealand. This was, of course, before Argentina's amazing performances in the 2007 World Cup. Since then the profile has boomed. The sports profile is huge. </strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Melhor Time, post: 278048"] [b]Uli85 I am not from Brazil but have lived here for 5 years. I have contacts with many here in Brazilian rugby, inc the national coach. I have also been involved with rugby websites. Without question, almost all rugby fans in this country support Argentina. During the World Cup rugby people here all supported los Pumas. People who don't play and only watch some rugby hate Argentina, because of the wendyball (soccer) but everyone involved supports Argentina as the continents world representative. Prestwick Toulon are using Fernandez Lobbe's talents to their advantage by using him in a versatile capacity. He has been very strong, maybe their best forward. He can only get better as he leanrs to speak French. Salta is in the north of Argentina, close to Bolivia. It is a long way from Buenos Aires and other major cities like Cordoba, Mendoza and Rosario. It is relatively close to Tucuman which is a city in which rugby is more popular than soccer. Salta has a population of 400,000 and is Argentina's 8th largest city. The thing about rugby in Argentina is that los Pumas can play anywhere and fill the stadiums. Salta is not 40,000 in capacity but rather it is 24,000. Here are highlights of the match. [/b] [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68LTVdkOsYo"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68LTVdkOsYo[/url] [b]Argentina vs Scotland in Rosario in 2008 was during the French semi finals so Argentina didn't have Hernandez, Roncero, Ledesma, Scelzo, Albacete, Vernet Basualdo, Alvarez and others yet they won the game and the 42,000 venue was full. Here are highlights of the match:[/b] [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApRWd22luoQ"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApRWd22luoQ[/url] [b]The thing is that Argentina don't get to host games. They have hosted only 4 tests since the 2007 World Cup. Thats right, only four in two years! Four different cities and three with fullhouses. The one exception was a 50,000 venue in Cordoba for a match vs Italy. Argentina again had to play without half of their best XV. Nevertheless, the crowd was big, over 40,000. Imagine the possibilities if they could field their best players and were involved in a competition to attract more people. Tri Nations being the obvious. Italy actually wonn the game with a dodgy referee giving them a try and Hernandez breaking his hand after 18 minutes. Anyhow, here are some highlights of the game. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwQj1yOcON8&feature=related"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwQj1yOcON8...feature=related[/url] In 2010 Argentina will host Scotland twice and France once or twice, hopefully twice. Four different venues will be used and they will be full. Mar del Plata (48,000), Santa Fe (32,000) and Mendoza (35,000) all wanted to host the match vs England in Salta but Argentina decided to play in Salta to show top rugby in more parts of the country. These three venues + Buenos Aires are all strong contenders to host Scotland and France next year. In 2000 Argentina hosted South Africa at River Plate Stadium, Buenos Aires and got a fullhouse of 70,000. They repeated this in 2001 vs New Zealand. This was, of course, before Argentina's amazing performances in the 2007 World Cup. Since then the profile has boomed. The sports profile is huge. [/b] [/QUOTE]
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