KeoTV: Be patient with Pumas
16 Aug 2012
MARK KEOHANE says the Pumas’ inclusion in the Rugby Championship will have significant benefits for the Springboks, but stresses that from a playing perspective they need time to settle.
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MARK KEOHANE says the Pumas’ inclusion in the Rugby Championship will have significant benefits for the Springboks, but stresses that from a playing perspective they need time to settle.
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9 Comments
16 Aug 2012, 13:38 pm
Best thing to happen in SH Rugby for years and years…… Dragons
16 Aug 2012, 14:17 pm
Great country to tour. They are so passionate about their rugby and the only way they will improve and start winning against NZ, SA and Aus is the more they play us. They have structure in a tournament and that is something they have never had.
And you gotta play well over there to win.
16 Aug 2012, 14:25 pm
@keo-2:
Hello Keo,
you sly old dog you.
16 Aug 2012, 14:32 pm
and then the steaks and women eish
16 Aug 2012, 14:34 pm
@keo-4:
And not to far from coc co cab ana beach.
16 Aug 2012, 14:41 pm
I love Argentina. A short trip to Montevideo and Punte del Este. Just don’t fly Pluna…
16 Aug 2012, 14:47 pm
And the Aussies always struggle there and once the little brother has given then a slap then we wait for them at Loftus or Ellis Park and really hammer them and then send them back to Aus via a week in Auckland where they run into the black tide.
Ah, music to my ears.
16 Aug 2012, 14:48 pm
Argentina’s addition will benefit Australia the most, that’s the only reason they’re there in first place – at the behest of O’Neill to avoid the Wallabies getting manshamed by NZ 4 to 5 times a season.
16 Aug 2012, 16:22 pm
Be patient with the Pumas? If the Boks come out playing like they did in the 3rd test against England we could very well see a defeat in Mendoza
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