GOLD COAST, Australia (AP) Argentina’s disappointing trip to Australia ends on Saturday when the Pumas play the Wallabies in their final Rugby Championship match, one that comes two days after six of their players were banned from playing because they broke coronavirus protocols.
Former captain Pablo Matera and regular first-team prop Santiago Medrano are among a group stranded in Australia s New South Wales state after crossing the border from Queensland for an unauthorised trip to a health retreat.
Argentina’s rugby team is in disarray, with police confirming eight members of the touring party – six players and two support staff – left Queensland to visit a health retreat in Byron Bay and have been stopped from rejoining the squad. The Rugby Championship governing body SANZAAR hit out at the players in a statement […]