TRC: Pumas v All Blacks
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@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.
@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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@Jaguares4real said in TRC: Pumas v All Blacks:
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@cgrant said in TRC: Pumas v All Blacks:
Good test for Atu Moli against Juan Figallo. If he holds his own in the set scrums and shows what he can do in the loose, he'll be on the plane to Japan.
The Jags scrum has been ordinary in the games I watched (I didn't see the final so can't comment on that). In the two games the Chiefs played against them the Chiefs had an obvious advantage. We will find out whether the addition of Figallo makes a huge difference to the Pumas' scrum.
Figallo is a big step up, but Argies best LHs are in Europe.
Who are these Europe based Puma looseheads?
Only guy I can think of is Facundo Gigena- Leicester Tigers who is only starting to establish himself in 1st team squad
He's learning from good players over there Time will tell where his career goes
Lucas Noguera...
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
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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.
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@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
@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.
