Thinking about the Pumas, the All Blacks could suffer nine casualties for the debut in the Rugby Championship

For the Rugby Championshipthat the Next August 16the All Blacks They could suffer a total of nine casualties due to injury. The best of rugby, in Disney+.

In the next few days, Scott Robertson will announce the squad that will travel to Argentina to face the Pumas in the Rugby Championship debut. However, they could not have some key players. During the July window, where the All Blacks defeated France in the 3-0 series, New Zealand suffered the casualty of Beauden Barrett, Scott Barrett, Tupou Vaa’i, Tyrel Lomax, Caleb Clarke, Luke Jacobson and Noah Hotham, while Wallace Sititi and Tamaiti Williams were discard Tests.

Of these names, Lomax, Clarke, Jacobson and Hotham are officially discarded, at least, for the first two games against Los Pumas. As for the others, Vaa’i and Beauden Barrett suffered a brain shock and a fracture in their hand, respectively, and they are expected to be available in the next two weeks.

In turn, Scott Barrett, Sititi and Williams will be included in the broader team of the All Blacks for the tour of Argentina and, therefore, they should recover in time for the debut, since the estimated date back for the trio is three weeks, just for the weekend of the opening match of the tournament against Los Pumas in Córdoba.