Argentina suffer injury blows ahead of Ireland game next week

The Irish Times · Irlanda · Prensahace 2 días

Argentina have been dealt significant injury blows ahead of the Nations Championship, with two players ruled out and another in doubt for their game against Ireland at the Aviva Stadium next Friday week. Felipe Contepomi has lost his brilliant utility back Santiago Carreras and prop Thomas Gallo, while Toulouse centre Santiago Chocobares is in doubt after suffering a head knock at the weekend.

Carreras, who has 70 Test caps, limped off in the 13th minute of Bath’s 23-5 defeat to his former club Gloucester on Friday and watched the remainder of the match on crutches. The Argentina international is due to undergo a scan to determine the extent of his lower-limb injury, which appears serious.

His place in the squad has been taken by Mateo Soler, who made his Test debut off the bench against the Wallabies last month. Gallo, capped 39 times, has also been withdrawn from the squad because of a wrist injury…

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