Five members of the Argentine rugby team squad have to undergo urine and blood tests ordered by World Rugby.
A surprise anti-doping control It did this Wednesday at five members of Los Pumas’ Argentine team who are preparing to play next Saturday against Wales in the quarterfinals of the Rugby World Cup in France.
The control, carried out by World Rugby (WR), was at 6:30 (French time) at the hotel where Los Pumas was staying in the city of Marseille, before the first high-intensity training session of the day and the athletes underwent an examination. blood and urine.
As it happened, the rugby players who had to take the test, accustomed to this type of events, were Marcos Kremer, Thomas Gallo, Joaquín Oviedo, Martín Bogado and Santiago Carreras.
At that time the players were still sleeping, because training was only scheduled for 10 at the CO Berre XV club, in the Provence region.
“It does not have to be something that affects us, they are things that happen. I want to believe that the other teams also have doping at the same times”declared Andres Bordoy, forwards coach of the team led by Australian Michael Cheika.
The controversial picture of the referee who will lead Los Pumas against Wales
After confirming that Jaco Peyper will be the referee of the match between Argentina and Wales for the quarterfinals of the World Cup, a photo of the South African celebrating the Welsh victory with his fans.
Days before the meeting in Marseille for a place in the top four, the discussions about the image, which appeared in 2019, were again illuminated. On that occasion, it was noteworthy that the referee celebrated with the Red Dragons supporters the 20-19 victory over France in the World Cup in Japan, in which match he was the main judge.
In the said quarterfinal match, coincidentally at the same stage, Peyper ejected French second row Sebastien Vahaamahina for elbowing Aaron Wainwright when the score was 19-10 in favor of the Frenchmen. Faced with this decision, the British team took advantage of the extra man and managed to reverse the score and qualify for the semifinals, where they lost to South Africa.
When will Los Pumas vs. Wales, for the quarterfinals of the World Cup
The quarterfinals will begin to be played on Saturday, October 14, and on that day from 12 noon in Argentina, the winning team of Group C, which is Wales, will face the second team in Group D, Argentina.
The history against Wales has 21 recorded matches, with 14 wins for the Europeans, 6 for Argentina and one draw. In the World Cup, the two teams have met twice, both in the group stage, and the Welsh have won them all. Also, it should be noted that they never played on neutral ground.
Source: Tycsports
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