FILE PHOTO: Rugby Union - Argentina Press Conference - Stade Pierre Mauroy, Lille, France - November 16, 2018. Argentina's Pablo Matera during a press conference. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Pablo Matera has been stripped of the Argentina captaincy and suspended along with team mates Guido Petti and Santiago Socino for posting racist comments on social media, the Argentine Rugby Union (UAR) said on Tuesday.
The scandal has thrown the Argentina camp into crisis days before their final Tri-Nations match against Australia in Sydney on Saturday.
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