TRC: Pumas v All Blacks

[E African Troll]

@Canerbry

Big Guns to come: Sanchez Cordero Isa Figallo Herrara Urdapilledta

With more options if needed, e.g. Imhoff F Bosch etc

[E African Troll]

@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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@pakman

Noguera Paz is out of favour atm

AFAIK he was 3rd choice LH prop at Bath Rugby last year behind Obano + Van Rooyun

Not played for Pumas since Nov 2017

[Siam]

First time for a grand piano at a test match?🙂

[Stargazer]

That must be Smith's first time leading the haka since the toilet incident?

[Tim]

What a fucking gay performance

[rotated]

Foxtel don't have this in Australia aye? The Canadian broadcaster has taken the interesting approach of taking the Argentine feed today which at least is better than Kearns and co.

[Tim]

Do we have to suffer through the haka too? It is so overdone.

[Tim]

Save it and just get on with it. The haka is so fucking dull.

[booboo]

Jordie not starting well

[akan004]

Two mistakes in the first minute of the game by Jordie. Why do they persist with him?

[booboo]

@rotated said in TRC: Pumas v All Blacks:

Foxtel don't have this in Australia aye? The Canadian broadcaster has taken the interesting approach of taking the Argentine feed today which at least is better than Kearns and co.

Channel 507

[Tim]

Terrible kick. Absolutely terrible

[Stargazer]

Sloppy from Cane.

[booboo]

ABs finding space on the fringes

[rotated]

@booboo said in TRC: Pumas v All Blacks:

@rotated said in TRC: Pumas v All Blacks:

Foxtel don't have this in Australia aye? The Canadian broadcaster has taken the interesting approach of taking the Argentine feed today which at least is better than Kearns and co.

Channel 507

Cheers - was coming up as Pro Boxing or something.

[booboo]

That looked a marginal call

[rotated]

Jordie Barrett is the Martin Guptill of the ABs.

[Stargazer]

First 10 minutes are up. Time to start playing.

[sparky]

Pumas playing well at the start, the All Blacks looking rather shit so far.