Seven is over for Marcos Moneta: the Los Pumas figure suffers a serious injury and returns to Buenos Aires

The debut of The Pumas 7 inside Seven From Hong Kong It didn’t bode well. It wasn’t just because of the inaugural fall against United States of America by 14-10 – a rival against whom they had last lost five years ago – nor the lapidary 22-0 of the second act against New Zelandbut because it was confirmed Marco Moneta He fractured his right fibula.

He Backwards will not continue the tournament and will travel to Buenos Aires so that the medical team of the Argentine Rugby Union (UAR) define the phases to follow, mainly for recovery in the face of Paris Olympic Games this year the main objective for the team he leads Santiago Gomez Cora.

Soon after kick off Rodrigo Isgro He grabbed Moneta’s right leg, who didn’t see the impact coming, and immediately felt such pain that he required the intervention of the medical team on the pitch, who out of prudence recommended not continuing the match.

A few hours later the medical report was released confirming the fracture of the patient’s right leg. Raywhich was replaced by Agostino Fraga. In the second match Gómez Cora placed Alfonso Latorre among the substitutes to rebuild the team.

Despite the defeats and losses suffered in Hong Kong, The Pumas have already secured a place in the Grand Final in Madridto which eight of the 12 teams participating in the competition will qualify.

Having completed five of the seven stages of the Seven, today’s qualifying octet 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 remaining outside the ranking are Great Britain (35 points); Spain (27), Samoa (24) and Canada (12).

Los Pumas’ next match in Hong Kong will be against Great Britain in the early hours of Saturday.