TRC: Pumas v All Blacks
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Sounds like excuses for teams that are a bit shit at the highest level
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@Jaguares4real said in TRC: Pumas v All Blacks:
@canefan said in TRC: Pumas v All Blacks:
@MN5 squad rotation has been going on for years now. But there is no such thing as a friendly in test rugby. Least of all when we are involved
My analogy comes from Soccer Teams that rest & rotate for their friendlies Then role out their big guns for Qualifying games and Tournaments once they've qualified
I see it similarly for Los Pumas Go hard in TRC and look to rest & rotate during Summer Tests and EOYT with aim to develop depth & experience for younger players in a RWC cycle
Of course in these "Friendlies" you play hard but personal is very different
No wonder remembers or gives a stuff if Wales beat Argentina or if Australia beat Italy come world cup timeWill Argentina have big guns to roll out at some stage later?
Also, this isn't soccer.
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@Canerbry said in TRC: Pumas v All Blacks:
@Jaguares4real said in TRC: Pumas v All Blacks:
@canefan said in TRC: Pumas v All Blacks:
@MN5 squad rotation has been going on for years now. But there is no such thing as a friendly in test rugby. Least of all when we are involved
My analogy comes from Soccer Teams that rest & rotate for their friendlies Then role out their big guns for Qualifying games and Tournaments once they've qualified
I see it similarly for Los Pumas Go hard in TRC and look to rest & rotate during Summer Tests and EOYT with aim to develop depth & experience for younger players in a RWC cycle
Of course in these "Friendlies" you play hard but personal is very different
No wonder remembers or gives a stuff if Wales beat Argentina or if Australia beat Italy come world cup timeWill Argentina have big guns to roll out at some stage later?
Also, this isn't soccer.
It's close. Argentina don't win anything in soccer either
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@mariner4life ouch
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@Chester-Draws said in TRC: Pumas v All Blacks:
@Jaguares4real said in TRC: Pumas v All Blacks:
So do you go all out with a shallow playing pool + by far worst travel schedule in world rugby or do you pick & choose what games you prioritise
The Pumas do not have "by far the worst travel schedule". You're on a group from New Zealand for goodness sake. We're literally the furthest away from all the other rugby playing nations. Your NH tour tours are both much less far and with far less time difference.
Argentina in the Rugby Championship have one more long trip than NZ or Australia, but there are direct flights to each country involved. South Africa have to travel just as far as you.
The difference is that we win away from home, so people assume that we don't have travel issues. That's not true -- we've merely learnt to overcome them. The Pumas problem is not the travel, but that they don't play well away from home, regardless of the travel time involved.
You're having a laugh comparing Pumas to ABs in any way re. travel especially if you include Super Rugby which you have to extract any meaningful points
One has 5 pro club established for over 20 years which gives ABs a player pool of 150+ players to choose from
Other has 1 pro club side in their 4th season giving Pumas about 35 players to choose from
One has their club sides play 80-85% of their games in good times Other has 50% of their games in another continent and multiple timeszones behind Nearest "derby match" is 10,000 km away
TRC format favours NZ & AUS big time 3 of 4 games at home to start the comp every year
EOYT are 4 games and a chance to rotate for NZ especially mickey mouse sides like Italy
TBH in the TRC Los Pumas have generally played better away from him than in BA Mendoza Salta etc. over the last 5 years
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