Los Pumas have worked hard to forge own identity

Brendan Gallagher reports on how one country has built a rugby stronghold down in South America

There was a time back in the noughties when we dubbed Argentina the new France in that you never knew which Pumas would turn up on any given match day.
They could compete with the best one day and look bang average or worse the next.
Well, there is still plenty of that in their make-up but to these eyes the Pumas have nonetheless progressed massively.
Now not only can they compete with the best on their day, but they can also dismiss them in a flurry of brilliance. Their best days are better, mo...

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