What Felipe Contepomi said about the absence of Mateo Carreras in Los Pumas

Los Pumas They already have their confirmed training to face the All Blacks In Córdoba, this Saturday for the first date of the Rugby Championshipand one of the novelties is the absence of Mateo Carreras In the call. All rugby by Disney+.

The tucumano had started from the start of the cycle of Felipe Contepomi And it was the game in the July window and in all the games of the South Tournament last year. By November, he acted only at the closing of the window before Franceafter being a father at the end of October. Absent in the first matches of this 2025, his return was expected but the coach leaned for Bautista Delguy In the XV.

Asked at a press conference, the Argentine coach argued: “There is enormous competition and it is what we yearn for. Then the difficult decisions have the coaches, but they are the good decisions, that indicates that there is good competition.”

“In the case of Bauti gives us the strategy we want to use And he won the position in that competition we talked about. Matthew (races) is very good too and we know that it will be very important throughout this rugby Championshipso we have good headaches “said.

Meanwhile, Felipe sumo: “The players who do not play are the ones who demonstrate the level you have. We have a greater good that are the Pumas and it is difficult to have to leave some, but they luckily understand it.”