Argentina and Samoa meet in a key pool clash at the Rugby World Cup on Friday in Saint-Etienne. Argentina is one of 12 fortunate teams to have a long break of 12-14 days between games at some point during the pool stage.
The tournament schedule was a lot more sympathetic to tier two teams than previous Rugby World Cups — when four- and five-day turnarounds were common — and the schedule was released more than 2 1/2 years ago, so Samoa has known what to expect. But that doesn’t make it any easier to manage.
The future doesn’t get any easier for Samoa, either. There’s another six-day turnaround to the next game against Japan. Then nine days for the last pool game against England, though a large chunk of one day will be eaten up by Samoa traveling from its Montpellier base in southern France to Lille in the far north.With less than half of Argentina’s rest time, Samoa has to win on Friday to take a big step toward a first quarterfinal since 1995.
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