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WorkingClassRugger

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David Codey (61)
amirite said:
When has their ever been a 'combo' professional sports team that has seen success? Not a merger team, not a touring team, but a combo team.

An Argentinian team that signs a couple of Uruguayans is one thing, but a combo team? A combo PI team? They're different cultures with historical friction, and they're a decent plane's ride away from each other.
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Uruguayan Rugby has and continues to build closer and closer ties with Argentine Rugby to the point they are increasingly integrating their club and provincial Rugby into the Argentine system. So a combined team isn't as far fetched as it may seem.
 
amirite

amirite

Chilla Wilson (44)
WorkingClassRugger said:
Uruguayan Rugby has and continues to build closer and closer ties with Argentine Rugby to the point they are increasingly integrating their club and provincial Rugby into the Argentine system. So a combined team isn't as far fetched as it may seem.
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Fijian Rugby is integrating into Aus rugby's infrastructures, but you wouldn't field a combination team.
 
Strewthcobber

Strewthcobber

Mark Ella (57)
amirite said:
When has their ever been a 'combo' professional sports team that has seen success? Not a merger team, not a touring team, but a combo team.

An Argentinian team that signs a couple of Uruguayans is one thing, but a combo team? A combo PI team? They're different cultures with historical friction, and they're a decent plane's ride away from each other.
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Aren't all the national sides combo teams?

Also, West Indies cricket.
 
KevinO

KevinO

John Hipwell (52)
amirite said:
When has their ever been a 'combo' professional sports team that has seen success? Not a merger team, not a touring team, but a combo team.

An Argentinian team that signs a couple of Uruguayans is one thing, but a combo team? A combo PI team? They're different cultures with historical friction, and they're a decent plane's ride away from each other.
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Ireland...

ROI and Northern Ireland combined.
 
Highlander35

Highlander35

Andrew Slack (58)
amirite said:
I don't understand if this is a point for or against what I'm saying TBH.
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I support your overall point, I don't think a half Argie/Uruguayan team will work for the reasons you've outlined.

I just don't agree with excluding rep teams like Ulster from your point given the design of the New Zealand teams (combined provincial sides), the Jaguares, the Cats (before they split into the Lions & Cheetahs) and to a lesser extent everybody else in the Soup.
 
exISA

exISA

Fred Wood (13)
Nice mention of the Germany win over Uruguay on the podcast... "Hans Gruber" haha... the flyhalf is actually Hillsenbeck who plays professionally in france.

Two tests coming up against Brazil , ill be at the one in Leipzig . Should be interesting games, Brazil are huge improvers since their series loss to Germany at home last year.

Uruguay as said have strong ties to Argentina, they have an Argentinian coach. I actually spent the week with the Uruguans as they were using our facilities to train and I had to look after them . Very surprised at the result as they looked very slick in their trainings, thought they were going to dominate at scrum time (given their form in the qualifiers for the world cup and beyond) but its seems the french pros in the german front row held up. That was one area the germans dominated in.

Germany definitely does have a bright future. the national head coach has been focusing on developing players in regional areas and at junior level. Many of our youth players are involved in the regular training sessions. Our U16s just toured South Africa and had a competitive game against a Sharks Accademy regional selection and they just toured Ireland knocking off Blackrock college U16s in a one sided game . If Germany are in the discussion for the 2023 world cup, expect to see some of these guys featuring.
 
exISA

exISA

Fred Wood (13)
Rugbynutter39 said:
Yes Germany on the up and up. How many do you think crowd wise at the game? As I have read Europe rugby which oversees rugby European championship Germany involved in commissioned consultancy to look at marketing and commercial opportunities for rugby Europe.


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One side of the ground (the stand on the tv view ) was nearly full . The main grandstand was disapointingly empty, partly to do witht he ticket costs being around 90 euros for that section (dubbed as the vip section and including access to the player party afterwards) . You could have a similar quality viewing seat (which i got) for 23 euros and an extra 5 euros if you wanted to attend the party. One stand behind the posts was completely closed, the other side was half full.. so ye , about 3500-4000 were there. was a good atmosphere though. Hannover and Cologne had 8000+ at their games earlier this year. Will be interesting to see the attendance at Leipzig in two weeks.
 
amirite

amirite

Chilla Wilson (44)
Highlander35 said:
I support your overall point, I don't think a half Argie/Uruguayan team will work for the reasons you've outlined.

I just don't agree with excluding rep teams like Ulster from your point given the design of the New Zealand teams (combined provincial sides), the Jaguares, the Cats (before they split into the Lions & Cheetahs) and to a lesser extent everybody else in the Soup.
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You're talking about teams 1-2 hours driven away from each other. No nation borders or cultural shifts, and certainly no passports needed.

The PI team concept even more so.
 
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Antony

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Alex Ross (28)
amirite said:
You're talking about teams 1-2 hours driven away from each other. No nation borders or cultural shifts, and certainly no passports needed.

The PI team concept even more so.
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I found Uruguay and Argentina to have a lot in common - other than Uruguay's bizarre love of offal. What's the deal with that? A combined team could never work until they agree on whether a barbecue should exclusively consist of entrails.
 
amirite

amirite

Chilla Wilson (44)
Antony said:
I found Uruguay and Argentina to have a lot in common - other than Uruguay's bizarre love of offal. What's the deal with that? A combined team could never work until they agree on whether a barbecue should exclusively consist of entrails.
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I've found Australia and NZ to have a lot in common. Do you catch my drift?
 
Antony

Antony

Alex Ross (28)
I wasn't really commenting on the viability of a merged team, but I will note that while Australian and Kiwi barbecues have some substantive differences (prawns v whitebait/venison) they are both high quality and revolve around the same snag/shish-kebab/lamb-chop core. A combined team should therefore work fine.

Edit: I forgot over-cooked steak. The things that unite us are greater than the things that divide.
 
amirite

amirite

Chilla Wilson (44)
Antony said:
I wasn't really commenting on the viability of a merged team, but I will note that Australian and Kiwi barbecues have some substantive differences (prawns v whitebait/venison) but they are both high quality and revolve around the same snag/shish-kebab/lamb-chop core. A combined team should therefore work fine.

Edit: I forgot over-cooked steak. The things that unite us are greater than the things that divide.
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I can't argue with a man that clearly loves to barbecue as much as you.

Blood may be thicker than water, but I've seen some bloody thick barbecue sauces.
 
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