Argentina to join Tri-Nations- 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00
Argentina will join the Tri Nations in 2012 after the International Rugby Board confirmed that it will provide a funding package of around £1.3m for the project.
The financial support was confirmed by IRB chairman Bernard Lapasset who said that the package should be approved by the IRB Council on 12th May.
The funding remained the one obstacle in Argentina’s bid to join the tournament that consists of South Africa, New Zealand and Australia.
Last year, SANZAR, the board that represents the national rugby unions of the existing Tri Nations teams, listed an invitation to Argentina to join the competition.
Lapasset said: ‘We have an agreement with South Africa, New Zealand and Australia for the financial programme that is now in place, and the three existing nations are supportive.’
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