Argentina lock Pedro Rubiolo will miss Saturday’s Rugby Championship conflict in opposition to Australia in Santa Fe.
Rubilio should comply with concussion protocols after being pressured from the sector early in final Saturday’s 20-19 loss to the Wallabies in La Plata.
The lock suffered a blow to the top within the opening minutes of the Take a look at and needed to go away the sector for a head-impact evaluation (HIA), which he failed.
Consequently, he sits out the return conflict between the 2 international locations within the southern hemisphere championship however will stay with the crew, the Argentine Rugby Union stated on Monday.
Substitute scrum-half Lautaro Bazan Velez suffered a muscle pressure within the warm-up earlier than the match in La Plata and is out, together with free ahead Bautista Pedemonte, who’s injured however didn’t compete in final Saturday’s Take a look at.
Veteran former captain Agustin Creevy has additionally left the camp after his final worldwide, celebrating his one hundred and tenth cap in entrance of his dwelling crowd with a cameo look on Saturday.
Uncapped hooker Bautista Bernasconi replaces Creevy within the squad, whereas Tomas Cubelli is available in for Bazan Velez.
The 32-year-old lock Matias Alemanno, who made his debut for the Pumas 11 years in the past, returns to the squad as a back-up for Rubiolo, the Argentine union stated.
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Australia kicked over a last-gasp penalty to edge Argentina in final Saturday’s conflict, leaving each groups with two defeats from three matches on this yr’s Rugby Championship.
This Saturday’s conflict at Santa Fe’s Estadio Brigadier Common Estanislao Lopez is Argentina’s first Take a look at within the metropolis since shedding 30-12 to Wales in 2018.