Bad news for Los Pumas: Matera’s injury confirmed

Although the medical team did not confirm recovery times, the third line suffered a grade three tear that left him largely out of the team’s remaining World Cup matches.

The third line of the Argentine rugby team Pablo Matera suffered “a grade 3 tear of the right hamstring in its proximal sector”an injury that almost kept him out for the rest of the France 2023 World Cup.

Although the Los Pumas medical team did not set a recovery period, the protocol for this type of illness indicates a recovery of approximately 21 days and the final of the competition will be played on Saturday the 28th at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis.

Pablo Matera

Matera, 30 years old and 98 international caps with Los Pumas, He left injured 24 minutes into the first half match that Argentina beat Japan (39-27) and left the stadium of the city of Nantes with the help of crutches to move.

The Australian coach Michael Cheika It has Rodrigo Bruni, Facundo Isa, Joaquín Oviedo or Pedro Rubiolo as natural variants to take Matera’s place in the quarterfinal match against Wales, which will be played next Saturday at 12:00 in Argentina in the city of Marseille.

The national delegation left there on Monday after leaving the town of La Baule, located on the northwest coast of the country, facing the Bay of Biscay, where it has lived since it arrived in France a month ago.

Source: Tycsports

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