In the last of our series of interviews, we catch up with Pumas playmaker Felipe Contepomi to talk about Toulon and the expanded Tri-Nations.

Few clubs in the world can boast the luxury of having two world class fly-halves and in Jonny Wilkinson and Felipe Contepomi, who is equally comfortable at inside centre, Toulon have two of the very best around.

Planet Rugby's Ross Hastie sat down to Contepomi to get his thoughts on playing next to Wilko, Toulon's prospects in Europe and the future of Argentine rugby.

Planet Rugby: Hola Felipe, que tal? How have the preparations gone so far? The heat in the South of France must be quite different from training with Leinster in Dublin?

Felipe Contepomi: Hola! Pre-season is always tough. It's difficult in the heat but it's nice to know that at the end of the day you can go for a swim in sea!

PR: Maybe that's part of the answer to my next question. You could have gone to lot of places, why Toulon, where you aren't assured of a place in the starting XV with Jonny Wilkinson the incumbent?

FC: I spoke a lot with Philippe Saint-Andre before I came. I wanted to experience French rugby and I chose Toulon partly for my family to experience a different style of living. But also when you're a player you want to play with the best, so a chance to play beside Jonny is an honour for me. There is so much talent here in Toulon, it's easy to see the potential to do something special.

PR: Do you expect to play ten or twelve this season - or shift between the two?

FC: I'm not fussy. I've been plying ten and twelve for Argentina and Leinster. To play twelve next to Jonny would be great. We'll probably swap around a bit. I just want to play as much as I can.

PR: Toulon has been grouped with your old rivals Munster in the Heineken Cup, I'm sure you're looking forward to that?

FC: It doesn't get bigger or better than going to play Munster. It'll be great experience for us to grow as a team and it would be super if we can get some results and go through in our first season.

PR: Someone you know very well, Michael Cheika, is now also in France coaching Stade Français. How do you expect him to fare in Paris?

FC: Yes, we've got a great relationship. Paris didn't have a good last few seasons. Michael can bring some structure and a great style of rugby. Playing in the Challenge Cup will give them some time to change a few things and if they use their time properly they've got enough talent to pose a challenge in the Top 14.

PR: Let's chat a bit about Argentina. After two miserable Tests against Scotland things clicked in a great game against France.

FC: I think we can find a lot of reasons for our bad performances against Scotland. I think we struggled to adapt to the new rules because we didn't have a lot of time together. The strategy we were trying to use was new for many players and I think against Scotland we were more worried about the technique than what matters in rugby which is winning your one-on-one battles in the contact area. Then against France it just clicked, we played with much more physicality and cut down the errors. It was make or break for us because we were under a lot of pressure.

PR: In two years Argentina joins the expanded Tri-Nations. You'll be nearly 34....do you think you will still be around to experience it?

FC: Ha! I don't know. To be honest my goal for now is to have a good year with Toulon and make the World Cup team. We'll see if I'm still fit enough to play international rugby, but I'll have to talk to the family. If I feel I'm up to it would be a great experience - it's history for Argentinean rugby

PR: One of the prerequisites for Argentina to join the competition was for the top Argentine players start joining teams in the South. That's not happening. Where's the problem?

FC: The biggest problem is that we don't have a professional structure yet in Argentina. Maybe once we join the Tri-Nations some players can play in South Africa or Australia or New Zealand or two Argentinean franchises can play in Super Rugby. I'm not sure how it will go, but it would definitely be better if Argentine players can go to the South and develop there. The best would be for Pumas to play in Argentina.

PR: Gracias Felipe, enjoy a good season.

FC: De nada!