Argentina will be without their captain Juan Martin Fernandez Lobbe on their upcoming European tour after he injured himself playing for Toulon.
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The versatile loose forward fractured his elbow in a Top 14 clash with Toulouse, and has subsequently been ruled out of action for the next few months.
“He will soon consult a Marseille professor for an operation. His unavailability is estimated at two to three months,” the club said on its website.
The tour of England Wales and Italy in November will be the first for new coach Daniel Hourcade following Santiago Phelan’s resignation.
The Pumas failed to win a single match in the Rugby Championship under Phelan’s watch, so they will be keen to make a fresh start under Hourcade.
Tough news for Scotland is the confirmation that Tim Visser will be out for a while. From Edinburgh Rugby : “Edinburgh Rugby winger Tim Visser has been ruled out for around three to four months with a leg injury. The club’s top try scorer was injured in Friday’s RaboDirect PRO12 win over Treviso (20-13) at Murrayfield, with an x-ray revealing he had fractured his fibula (shin).
A subsequent MRI scan conducted at the SPIRE Murrayfield Hospital yesterday (Monday) showed further damage to the his ankle ligaments, which will require consultant surgeon John McKinley to operate.
Edinburgh Rugby head coach, Alan Solomons, said: “This is really disappointing news for Tim [Visser]. We’re very sorry he’ll miss the viagogo Autumn Tests.” ” – Sorry just posted this here as not able to do an artcile on this at moment.