{"id":6512,"date":"2011-12-30T01:04:23","date_gmt":"2011-12-29T23:04:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/12\/rugby-argentina-to-host-championship-matches-outside-capital\/"},"modified":"2011-12-30T01:04:23","modified_gmt":"2011-12-29T23:04:23","slug":"rugby-argentina-to-host-championship-matches-outside-capital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/rugby-argentina-to-host-championship-matches-outside-capital\/","title":{"rendered":"Rugby-Argentina to host championship matches outside capital"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"articleLocation\">BUENOS AIRES<\/span> Dec 29 (Reuters) &#8211; Argentina will host<br \/>\nall three of their matches in their debut season in the Rugby<br \/>\nChampionship in 2012 outside the capital, the Argentine Rugby<br \/>\nUnion (UAR) said.<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Pumas will play South Africa in Mendoza on Aug. 25, New<br \/>\nZealand in La Plata on Sept. 29 and Australia in Rosario on Oct.<br \/>\n6, it said in a statement late on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The choice was made with the objective of following a<br \/>\nfederal line, taking the Pumas to play in the interior of the<br \/>\ncountry so everyone can enjoy our national team,&#8221; UAR president<br \/>\nLuis Castillo said.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>When the new four-nation southern hemisphere championship<br \/>\nwas presented at a news conference in Buenos Aires a month ago,<br \/>\nSanzar, the body representing the other three nations, said it<br \/>\nfavoured playing at least two of the matches in Buenos Aires.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Sources close to the UAR said the decision was the most<br \/>\neconomically sound for the game&#8217;s national governing body.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Mendoza is 1,000 km west of Buenos Aires, Rosario 350 km to<br \/>\nthe north and La Plata, the capital of Buenos Aires province<br \/>\nwith the only stadium in South America with a roof, 60 km away.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>All three venues are soccer stadiums, in Mendoza the<br \/>\nMalvinas Argentinas built for the 1978 World Cup, in Rosario the<br \/>\nGigante de Arroyito ground of Rosario Central, which also held<br \/>\n1978 World Cup matches, and in La Plata the municipal Estadio<br \/>\nUnico.\t<\/p>\n<p> (Reporting By Rex Gowar; Editing by Alison Wildey)<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"copyright\">\n<p>         \t\t\u00a9 Thomson Reuters 2011 All rights reserved<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BUENOS AIRES Dec 29 (Reuters) &#8211; Argentina will host all three of their matches in their debut season in the Rugby Championship in 2012 outside the capital, the Argentine Rugby Union (UAR) said. 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