Pumas captain, players suspended over racist posts
Argentinian camp thrown into crisis days before their final Tri Nations match against Australia
01 December 2020 - 15:13
Melbourne — Pablo Matera has been stripped of the Argentinian captaincy and suspended along with teammates Guido Petti and Santiago Socino for posting racist comments on social media, the Argentine Rugby Union (UAR) said on Tuesday.
The scandal has thrown the Argentinian camp into crisis days before their final Tri Nations match against Australia in Sydney on Saturday. The UAR said its board had met urgently after revelations of the players’ “discriminatory” posts between 2011 and 2013...
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