Argentina's Rugby Championship clash with Australia was thrown into chaos after six players were ruled out for breaching coronavirus restrictions with an unauthorised trip to a health retreat.
Argentina have a 44-strong squad and the game will go ahead on the Gold Coast Saturday, but with capacity capped at 75 percent in Cbus Super Stadium after the state imposed new restrictions Thursday following six new community cases of Covid-19.
It is another major headache for coach Mario Ledesma, whose team have lost all five of their tournament games so far. He is due to name his team later Thursday. "The focus is on us," he said after naming 38-year-old prop Greg Holmes on the bench for his first game since 2016 and back-rower Sean McMahon for his first since 2017.
Rennie made three changes to his run-on side, with Pete Samu starting for the first time this year at blindside flanker, while Jordan Petaia gets a chance on the wing with Marika Koroibete given the week off.Argentina Rugby said the players and staff stuck in New South Wales were all in"perfect good health" and holed up at a hotel awaiting their fate.
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