José Luis Imhoff The first interviewee is Jose Luis Imhoff, who has earned the respect Elves knew oval world. "Amateur but professional pocket of the head" is defined as the cardiologist who saw the genesis of the Pumas in the famous tour of South Africa 65. Years later, after training to selected over the Rosario Rugby Union came the opportunity to be the head coach of the national team, the highest achievement you can aspire to after the blue and white dress with the jaguar on heart.
As is the custom of Rosario, did not remain with folded arms and challenge the status quo of Argentine rugby and began a new era for rugby Creole. The talk began with the inevitable question on when he saw the Pumas during the last international window, took the only break to give vent to an interview where there was no topics untouched and where you can appreciate a person who never made , does not do things by halves.
"I think this year was to finish defining the players going to join the World Cup squad. I think the election is closed, except for a few places remaining doubts. The scrumhalf, the six, the second line to accompany Albacete, prop, and Roncero has shown that fatigue and also prop because Scelzo had problems, are doubts. And the last two alternates need hierarchy, I think Tati (Phelan) and it should be clear, "were the first concepts expressed by Imhoff, and also added:" What is the cycle now begins to look the way you play , no doubt Argentina has no offensive game volume to do a team with aspirations to overcome what it did, more than a third and a fifth is going to be difficult. First because it has a complicated area and second because in Global benefits and Argentina striker has demonstrated that NO has a volume of attacking play to win. Need more speed in the middle, and more certainty in the central and more support from the third line. The line out seems to have improved and the scrum has gone a step backwards, but I think this training can improve. "
These negative. Can we improve?
" There are players. You did a good job on the Jaguars, this player has selected the Pumas, like Julia Farias and Leonardo Senatore, who are good players and now the Jaguars are going to play South Africa, to find adequate reserves, today are just that, and can uncover a World Cup, I think players are. The biggest concern is the volume of play, as you pass what is called the Midfield (half field), is the place which is ten or fifteen meters fixed formations in the center of the court, that's the big problem of Argentine rugby. We have not taken this opportunity to spend three quarters of the ball to control the center of the court, usually our backs the pass with his foot, and you know that when played with the foot has a percentage of recovering the ball and also a high percentage of losing. In the current rugby ball is lost, beginning stages of the contrary, for me, this is the major concern of the Argentine national team coaches.
The Jaguars are going back to play the Vodacom South Africa. "Fits improve?
"For emotional reasons I have followed the Jaguars, and look good, good amount of game good players, very good rugby players in some positions, which obviously need to mature and maturing in playing rugby is not acquired during training. I think it's a great option is to go to South Africa in that country all you have to do a rugby player is to play. It is a country where there is a lot of passion for this sport, there is much to emulate and adapt to one, which is what happened to the Argentine rugby for many years. "
Of the Jaguars are going to leave players playing the Four Nations . Do you think this is the way?
"There is no other, that we are discussing with many friends. Some do not believe that this is the way, I do believe that is the way, I think that the only place where we can add world is in the Southern Hemisphere, playing the Four Nations. We have to make a great effort, there are always generations that they have to make a great effort, some are early, sometimes they turn up, this generation has a major challenge to join the Tri Nations, it means to be among the elite of world rugby. They will or will not, I think if any Argentine player is able, after much effort and dedication, to enter the highest level of rugby. It's been there nearly 60 Argentine players who play in the French Top14, England, tournaments that are difficult. Why will not achieve as a team entering a tournament?. Logically, our aspirations are to compete first but then will be a real participant with opportunities to locate and reach ever win that tournament. The Argentine player is made for big challenges, then cease to be challenges to become routine.
What is your vision of Argentine rugby?
"In the Argentine rugby there is a very special phenomenon, are out of the country's best players. The emerging on new players, young, from Elves since I see it, 2010 has been a year of good play, there teams that play good, they have very good intentions, call Hindu, Elves, there has been a major change in the SIC, is the table, as teams are Cardinals Tucumán, Universitario, who are playing good rugby and they have good players. This means that in the Argentine rugby scrum time, pressure and tackle behind us, thank God. Now they are trying in all great teams have volume level of play, play with the ball alive in movement, carrying the player with a lot of support and finding places for the definition. "
" The attacks are outperforming the big defense ?
"The mediocre age where specialists were defending, defending and wanted to win games, was overcome of course, was something to start with something. Now the big teams are wanting to play, we saw recently, Australia to France, New Zealand permanently, South Africa looking for a team, the speed of the backs England, Wales and Scotland, are all in the world looking for that, I think in Argentina people who are studying and wanting to progress rugby is more concerned to attack than defend. But always without neglecting the work of a good defense. I think we're on the right track, there are still some old bad habits, but they fall behind. "
addition to the titles won Duendes." Foremost is the game proposed by the dark green?
"Elves has been one of the teams I've seen the best played. The suggested best matches, while losing two semifinals, and that hurts us a lot, it was a year of great victories but great game. It came back to win the Tournament of the Coast, that's fundamental to me is the championship that must be won first, and playing very well, making a big difference. I think all teams are not stupid, are emulating a form of play, a way to prepare. The first of Elves have come very good players, of course that game was speculative and defensive back. "
Rosario" Once again came close to winning the Argentine?
"now rectified As I protested for a long time, going to work seriously in the scrum, it was time. I am pleased to accept this decision to make a very special work in the scrum, it was unfortunate what was done in Rosario. Be a matter of the coaches pick the best players and put them on the court, the team is playing well, according to players who choose that is the subject of selection. On selection can not be taught to play rugby, not a master, in selection chooses the best and have plenty of time to prepare. What must be understood in selection is that they chose the best players, making a simple and strictly complied with 100% of requirement Rosario's got the good players, has nothing to envy anyone. In the Argentine rugby players are missing which are abroad, especially Buenos Aires. In my day we played with the Pumas, the team from Buenos Aires was composed entirely of national team rugby players. Rosario is on permanent status as the champion Argentina, which is what we all want. "
What tests do the management year Luis Castillo in front of the UAR?
" The problem with Buenos Aires is to make you understand the Argentine rugby is not Buenos Aires. I think Buenos Aires for Argentina, I hope you understand. They claim that Buenos Aires representing our country and we intend to insert Buenos Aires in Argentina. For that we need all the country's unions agree on what are the dates that you are going to release players, what are the dates that they will disrupt the championships, the dates we need all the dates together and then everyone is going to walk separately. Buenos Aires has a very special reality, is 90 clubs who vote, then put all agree is almost impossible, then logically the elected officials want to impose conditions and believe that rugby has the dates Argentine Buenos Aires and has played tournaments and with the players we have Buenos Aires. When I happened to be the national head coach I put in a box, I told them the dates put the Argentine rugby, the players chose the national head coach was that we played with 50% of players inside and 50% of Buenos Aires, we do windows and professionalized the Argentine rugby they did not want. "
Plada" Yes or No?
"Plada yes. It is the only place where you can prepare players they want and that may be required by the professional players like first class international rugby. "IMHOFF DIXIT
In the last week lost a friend and a benchmark Argentine rugby. How do you remember Yáñez García Duck?
"My recollection is with deep affection, Black had the time we spent together very special in my life. We were good friends, in my mind is this, I did not go see him lying in bed. The Black García Yáñez, I said many times, is an emblem of our generation, he was the emblem of the amateur athlete, not content to have fun but to reach the highest levels and he succeeded in rowing and rugby. He was also a great swimmer. "
" When the physicist did not give more to the game, he kept his medicine accompany us everywhere. It was a great father, great husband and a special friend, ie the Black García Yáñez at a time where the youth is not the way to go, these people who have gone through life leaving only good deeds, let us not say that as an example, but to tell their story, which can be from Argentina to meet the three cultures that man has, physics , intellectual and spiritual. And you can suck on each of them as best you can, Black succeeded, was impeccable physically, intellectually he became a great professional and spiritually in their love of neighbor and family expressed their spirituality and put her in the operator. To me Black is a symbol García Yáñez at least so I tell my children. "Costante
José Pepe Pepe is a man Costante the game, the game takes precedence and we have spoken. Let the court together, and he screams like a coach more. It has touched in some games and has been excited about some things rugby in the city. Logically, it will snap to if Argentine champion, all making up the family of Rosario are aspiring rugby that happens, I think everything else is secondary. And management (Eduardo) Diaz was very good and that is a leader who is not connected to the game, the Pumas-Scotland match and the World Youth Cup was extraordinary. Pepe has this challenge has to be a champion Rosario Argentina, he has made every effort to make it happen and all we're helping. "
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Fifteen Biscay, which has secured his third place level on points with second placed CETRANSA El Salvador, also proved unstoppable and chained their sixth consecutive victory thanks to a whole first half overwhelming that resolved with a spectacular 23 - 0. 
Bizkaia came to register with a 26-0 thanks to a 'drop' of Colonel has given way to the visitor reaction, angry but not enough to reverse the flow of the game of its rival. Two oval 
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The tournament will start on the weekend of 26 and 27 February, ending the qualifying stage on April 17, a week after are the quarter-finals, with the top four teams from each of the two areas, on 1 May will be played the semifinals and final will be May 7. 
As is the custom of Rosario, did not remain with folded arms and challenge the status quo of Argentine rugby and began a new era for rugby Creole.