Argentina's Mariano Galarza answers questions during a news conference in Auckland October 4, 2011. REUTERS/Bogdan Cristel
LONDON (Reuters) - Argentina fully support lock Mariano Galarza, suspended for nine weeks for eye gouging at the Rugby World Cup, and will appeal against a decision they consider wrong, the Argentine Rugby Union (UAR) said on Thursday.
Galarza was declared guilty at a hearing on Wednesday of "contact with the eye or eye area" of New Zealand lock Brodie Retallick during Argentina’s 26-16 defeat by the holders at Wembley on Sunday.
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