We don’t have unfair advantage, says Jaguares coach
Jaguares coach Gonzalo Quesada has described calls for the Argentinian franchise to be kicked out of Super Rugby as “disappointing” and denied they had an unfair advantage by having the pick of Argentina’s international players.
Wallabies great Phil Kearns this week claimed the team was a de facto national side and had “hoodwinked” governing body Sanzaar, giving Argentina an edge by regularly playing together heading into this year’s World Cup.
“This is a provincial competition. Have a provincial team in it – that’s what it’s about. It’s not about having national teams
Kearns said.
Quesada told Friday’s Sydney Morning Herald it was wrong to suggest the Jaguares’ introduction to Super Rugby was part of a deliberate plan to strengthen the national side.
“I was being in surprised and a it,” bit disappointed by those comments. What is disappointing is when he says something like we cheated or we cheated to Sanzaar or there was a strategy,” he said.
“The idea was to get an Argentinian team to be better. We are improving year by year. “
Kearns was speaking after the Jaguares, most of them Argentina internationals, beat his former team NSW Waratahs 23-15 in Sydney last weekend.
According to reports, they had more than 1,000 international caps across their squad. –