{"id":12315,"date":"2025-09-29T09:27:39","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T07:27:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jhb-webdevelopers\/channelafrica\/news\/argentinas-albornoz-garcia-out-of-springboks-clash-at-twickenham\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T16:25:44","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T14:25:44","slug":"argentinas-albornoz-garcia-out-of-springboks-clash-at-twickenham","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/argentinas-albornoz-garcia-out-of-springboks-clash-at-twickenham\/","title":{"rendered":"Argentina\u2019s Albornoz, Garcia out of Springboks clash at Twickenham"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Gonzalo Bertranou and Nicolas Roger have been summoned to join up with the rest of the squad in London, the Argentine Rugby Union said.<\/p>\n<p>Albornoz returned from a hand injury and scored a try after coming on as a second-half replacement in Saturday\u2019s 67-30 defeat by the Springboks in Durban.<\/p>\n<p>However, the flyhalf is injured again, while scrumhalf Garcia sits out after suffering concussion when his teammate Guido Petti fell on him late in the game at King\u2019s Park.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday\u2019s match is the last in this year\u2019s Rugby Championship with SA leading the standings but Argentina out of contention.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;Reuters&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":12316,"template":"default||default||default||default||default||default||default||default","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[20],"class_list":["post-12315","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-sport","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Argentina have been forced into two changes to the squad for their final Rugby Championship match against South Africa (SA) at Twickenham on Saturday, with Tomas Albornoz and Gonzalo Garcia ruled out through injury.||Argentina have been forced into two changes to the squad for their final Rugby Championship match against South Africa (SA) at Twickenham on Saturday, with Tomas Albornoz and Gonzalo Garcia ruled out through injury.||Argentina have been forced into two changes to the squad for their final Rugby Championship match against South Africa (SA) at Twickenham on Saturday, with Tomas Albornoz and Gonzalo Garcia ruled out through injury.||Argentina have been forced into two changes to the squad for their final Rugby Championship match against South Africa (SA) at Twickenham on Saturday, with Tomas Albornoz and Gonzalo Garcia ruled out through injury.||Argentina have been forced into two changes to the squad for their final Rugby Championship match against South Africa (SA) at Twickenham on Saturday, with Tomas Albornoz and Gonzalo Garcia ruled out through injury.||Argentina have been forced into two changes to the squad for their final Rugby Championship match against South Africa (SA) at Twickenham on Saturday, with Tomas Albornoz and Gonzalo Garcia ruled out through injury.||Argentina have been forced into two changes to the squad for their final Rugby Championship match against South Africa (SA) at Twickenham on Saturday, with Tomas Albornoz and Gonzalo Garcia ruled out through injury.||Argentina have been forced into two changes to the squad for their final Rugby Championship match against South Africa (SA) at Twickenham on Saturday, with Tomas Albornoz and Gonzalo Garcia ruled out through injury.","published_date":null,"news_description":"Argentina have been forced into two changes to the squad for their final Rugby Championship match against South Africa (SA) at Twickenham on Saturday, with Tomas Albornoz and Gonzalo Garcia ruled out through injury.||Argentina have been forced into two changes to the squad for their final Rugby Championship match against South Africa (SA) at Twickenham on Saturday, with Tomas Albornoz and Gonzalo Garcia ruled out through injury.||Argentina have been forced into two changes to the squad for their final Rugby Championship match against South Africa (SA) at Twickenham on Saturday, with Tomas Albornoz and Gonzalo Garcia ruled out through injury.||Argentina have been forced into two changes to the squad for their final Rugby Championship match against South Africa (SA) at Twickenham on Saturday, with Tomas Albornoz and Gonzalo Garcia ruled out through injury.||Argentina have been forced into two changes to the squad for their final Rugby Championship match against South Africa (SA) at Twickenham on Saturday, with Tomas Albornoz and Gonzalo Garcia ruled out through injury.||Argentina have been forced into two changes to the squad for their final Rugby Championship match against South Africa (SA) at Twickenham on Saturday, with Tomas Albornoz and Gonzalo Garcia ruled out through injury.||Argentina have been forced into two changes to the squad for their final Rugby Championship match against South Africa (SA) at Twickenham on Saturday, with Tomas Albornoz and Gonzalo Garcia ruled out through injury.||Argentina have been forced into two changes to the squad 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