Rugby-Three injury call-ups for Argentina for Nations Championship


Rugby Union - Rugby Championship - Argentina v South Africa - Estadio Libertadores de America, Buenos Aires, Argentina - September 17, 2022 Argentina's Matias Moroni celebrates scoring a try REUTERS/Agustin Marcarian

LONDON, Oct 28 (Reuters) - ⁠Argentina have called up three replacements ⁠for their Nations Championship campaign after key ‌players were ruled out by injury ahead of their four-match schedule next month.

• RodrigoMartínezManzano,MatíasMoroni and MateoSolerhave all joined ​up with the squad who ⁠have had a ⁠three-day training camp in London that ends on ⁠Wednesday.

• ‌Soler, fresh from his test debut off the bench against Australia ⁠last month, replaces Santiago Carreras, who suffered ​a serious ‌knee injury playing for Bath in England ⁠last weekend ​and will miss the rest of the season.

• Moroni has a chance to reach the ⁠milestone of 100 caps after ​being called up asToulouse centre Santiago Chocobares is in doubt after suffering a head knock ⁠at the weekend.

• Prop Manzano, who plays at Dragons in Wales, replaces ThomasGallo, who has had surgery on hisleftwristhurt whileplaying club rugby ​in France.

• The squad will ⁠get together again at the start of ​next week ahead offacing Irelandon ‌November 6,ItalyonNovember14andFranceonNovember21.Theywillthenplayat Twickenham on ​theNations Championshipfinals weekendonNovember27-29.

(Writing by Mark Gleeson in Cape Town; Editing by Toby Chopra)

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