{"id":4635,"date":"2020-12-03T02:30:11","date_gmt":"2020-12-03T03:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=4635"},"modified":"2020-12-03T04:13:19","modified_gmt":"2020-12-03T04:13:19","slug":"argentina-sticks-to-its-guns-on-disgraced-trio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=4635","title":{"rendered":"Argentina sticks to its guns on disgraced trio"},"content":{"rendered":"

Argentina rugby management has stuck to its guns by omitting captain Pablo Matera and two other players from its team to tackle the Wallabies in Sydney on Saturday.<\/p>\n

The trio were banned this week for a series of "discriminatory and xenophobic" tweets<\/a> that rocked the rugby world.<\/p>\n

But on Thursday reports from Argentina emerged regarding a potential backflip<\/a> on the suspensions due to player unrest within the Pumas camp.<\/p>\n

Wallabies coach Dave Rennie also revealed on Thursday that he was preparing for Matera, Guido Petti and Santiago Sacino to play in the Tri Nations finale.<\/p>\n

But Rennie can now shelve those plans after Pumas coach Mario Ledesma officially revealed his team on Thursday afternoon.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/twitter.com\/lospumas\/status\/1334334512889794562?s=20<\/a><\/p>\n

Santiago Grondona will start at blindside flanker instead of Matera while inside centre Jeronimo de la Fuente will captain the team.<\/p>\n

La Naci\u00f3n, a newspaper in Argentina, had reported the UAR has "backed down and lifted the penalties" and that the trio are "fit to play for the Pumas on Saturday against Australia."<\/p>\n

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Speaking before Argentina's team naming, Rennie gave his views on the situation.<\/p>\n

"We've prepared as if the guys mentioned are going to be playing," he told reporters.<\/p>\n

"We've got no control over that but we've prepared as if they'll have their best team out there.<\/p>\n

"I'm not aware of that (ban backflip) but we thought we'd always wait until we saw the team. There's a lot of speculation in the media.<\/p>\n

"They rested a lot of their top backline last week so I expect a lot of those boys to be back in. We'll wait and see."<\/p>\n

\"Wallabies<\/p>\n

The bans related to a series of "xenophobic" tweets that were unearthed on social media late last week.<\/p>\n

One comment, made 2012, referred to South Africa as a "country full of blacks" that Matera was glad to depart.<\/p>\n

Comments were also reportedly made about Bolivian and Paraguayan domestic workers.<\/p>\n

Matera was suspended until further notice, along with Petti and Socino.<\/p>\n

Rennie made two changes to his starting team as well as shifting Reece Hodge from five-eighth to fullback.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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