Argentina rugby left prop Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro has withdrawn from the Rugby World Cup (September 8 – October 28) due to a ruptured Achilles tendon, the league announced on Wednesday. Argentinian Federation.
Tetaz Chaparro, 34, who plays in Italy under the colors of Benetton Treviso, was injured during the preparation phase of the Pumas in Faro (Portugal). Australia coach Michael Cheika’s Pumas will play a friendly against Spain in Madrid on Saturday at the Atlético stadium, before heading to their base camp in Nantes for the World Cup.
Argentina will start against England on September 9 in Marseille. Following this package, Mayco Vivas and Lucio Sordoni were summoned to Portugal by Cheika.