woof woof ! wrote:Taff, in the northern hemisphere we now have the six nations , picking up on your point about improvement for the lesser nations , do you think it would be a good idea for the "Tri Nations" to allow the likes of Argentina, Samoa, Japan etc into their competition ?
And what the f'uck happened to Rumania is it my imagination but didn't they once have a team that was superior to anything the Italians had to offer ?
Argentina in a 7 nations based in Spain would no doubt be great for the development of the Argentinian team but would be less good for the development of rugby in Argentina. In fact it might have an adverse effect as the national team will (might) play less games at home. Thus the public would be less exposed to rugby.
It makes more sense to open up the tri-nations to Fiji, Tonga and Samoa (or a Pacific Islanders team) but the ABs will hate to see the loss of their feeder nations. It would never happen.
Even on flight logistics and human physiology, I would imagine it is easier to go from Europe to Arg than Aus, NZ or SA to Arg.