Nahuel Tetaz Chaparroone of the pillars of The Cougarshe tore the Achilles tendon in his left leg and will be out for the World Cup in France 2023so the coach michael chekaalready evaluates its replacement.
Mayco Vivas and Lucio Sordoniwho had not passed the final cut of 33 playersjoined the preseason in Portugal and, one of them will be the replacement for the injured for the maximum appointment that begins on September 8.
shortywho had chances to be a starter in one of the matches of the worldthis year he played two matches in the rugby championship versus Australia in the 34-31 victory and in the loss against South Africa 22-21 as a visitor and was considered of great value by the coach, but this injury will force him to miss what would have been his third ecumenical event.
Chaparro’s loss modified Cheika’s plans
After knowing the medical part, Cheika opted for a double call instead of immediately defining the replacement, while the works in Portugal They will be key to finish evaluating both.
During the year, sordoni -right pillar-, played a single match with The Cougarsthe test match of Mendoza that opened the participation in the Rugby Championship 2023with defeat against All Blacks by 41-12 and, on that occasion, the first row supported the initial try of the selected one.
sordoni was followed by the technician in his performance in Argentina XVwhere he started against Namibia and Chile in the international window HE.
Vivas also played a single game with the shirt of the National selection and, paradoxically, it was on the same occasion that sordonialthough he was only 16 minutes on the court, after entering the complement.
The left pillar continued in the delegation that continued on a tour of South Africa and Australia, although he had no activity. With Argentina XV, He played one of the three games, the one he started in the win against Chilean Condors by 40-13.
Chaparro will travel to Italy for surgery
shorty had been summoned along with the pillars Eduardo Bello, Thomas Gallo, Francisco Gómez Kodela and Joel Sclavi. The idea of Cheika is to have two teams and one extra in some positions, which is why the delegation had five.
He forward The injured man will travel to Italy on Wednesday, where he lives, and will schedule the operation to try to return to the courts next year.
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