Argentina - Rugby

Los Pumas is Argentinas national rugby team and some sort of step child in the rugbys world. Currently ranked #6, is the only tier-one team that has no regular competition. Some of the main obstacles to participate in international leagues include restrictions from the rugby union government body, Argentina's distance from other major rugby powers, and the fact that domestic rugby remains strictly amateur. Taking a similar approach to the old Olympic Committees, the Argentinean Rugby Association was unique in keeping its professional players from playing in the national team.

Los Pumas epic performance in the 2007 World Cup, winning all but one match brought back the discussion about ending the isolation of the team. To feed the myth of outcasts, Los Pumas were surprisingly drawn in the only pool were three tier-one teams competed, featuring France and Ireland and henceforth called pool of death. France was the host nation and two-year running Six Nations champion, meanwhile Ireland had eliminated Los Pumas in a nail-biting and controversial game in the previous World Cup. In that opportunity the fixture required Argentina to play four physical rugby games in a fortnight, whereas Ireland played the same number of games in four weeks.

Argentina was scheduled to open the World Cup at the Stadium of France against the French; it was the third time in the last three World Cup in which Los Pumas had to play against the host nation in the World Cup opener. Los Pumas silenced the full stadium with a well deserved win. Subsequently they beat Georgia, Namibia; eliminated Ireland (!), Scotland, were beaten by the eventual champions: South Africa, and beat the French again to reach the 3rd place.

Los Pumas performance was inspiring and an loyal fan base follow the games in Argentina. To put it in context, up to this World Cup, only once in the history of the Superclasico, the Buenos Aires football derby between Boca and River, did not play at the announced time. Such was the following that Los Pumas generated that the derby was rescheduled so the fans could watch Los Pumas play against Scotland.

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[GreatGrohl]

boludo tuve piel de gallina todo el video. aguante los pumas la puta madre!!!

[manuel12zack]

@GreatGrohl a mi tambienn vieja amo a este equipo amo a los pumas y AMO A MI ARGENTINA!

[JLuisAC1]

a este video le han cambiado la musica como 2 o 3 veces ya ajajajaja igualemente me gusta, lo de la musica son detalles xd ajajajaja

[elgoyano]

it´s a good video, but i dont understand why you say we´re some kind of step child in the world´s rugby... we represent the whole american continent!!! dont have competition, even against uruguay, chile, eeuu or canada... we´re really superior than them VAMOS LOS PUMAS CARAJO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[whessly]

coooooooool!