The debut of The Pumas 7’s in it Seven of Hong Kong It was not auspicious. He was not only because of the inaugural fall against USA by 14-10 – a rival with whom they had lost for the last time five years ago – nor the lapidary 22-0 of the second act against New Zealandbut because it was confirmed that Marcos Moneta He fractured his right fibula.
He back will not continue in the tournament and will travel to Buenos Aires so that the medical staff of the Argentine Rugby Union (COMMON) define the steps to follow, mainly for recovery in the face of the Paris Olympic Games this year, the main objective for the team that leads Santiago Gomez Cora.
Shortly after kick off Rodrigo Isgro He took Moneta’s right leg, who did not see the collision coming, and immediately felt pain that required the assistance of the medical team on the field, who out of caution recommended that the match not continue.
A few hours later, the medical report was released confirming the fracture in the patient’s right leg. Raywhich was replaced by Agustín Fraga. For the second game, Gómez Cora placed Alfonso Latorre among the substitutes to rebuild the team.
Despite the defeats and the loss suffered in Hong Kong, The Pumas have already secured their place in the Madrid Grand Finalto which eight of the 12 teams participating in the contest will qualify.
Having completed five of the seven stages of Seven, the octet that qualifies today is led by Argentina with 90 points, followed by Ireland (70); Fiji (64), France (56), Australia (55), New Zealand (53); South Africa (48) and the United States (36).
At the moment, the four that are left out of the classification are Great Britain (35 points); Spain (27), Samoa (24) and Canada (12).
Los Pumas’ next game in Hong Kong will be against Great Britain in the early hours of Saturday.