Victim of a head trauma against Argentina last weekend, the Italian from Stade Toulouse will not play this Sunday.
Italy will be without its full-back/winger Ange Capuozzo, victim of a head injury last weekend, to face Georgia in a test match on Sunday in Genoa, the Italian Rugby Federation announced on Thursday.
Capuozzo, «sreleased in the 7th minute (of the match against Argentina lost 50 to 18) after a head trauma, no longer presents any problem from a clinical point of view and observes the international concussion protocol for his return to competition“, explained the FIR in its press release.
The Stade Toulouse player, in very good shape with his club, came out staggering and supported by a trainer after a collision with Argentine pillar Joel Sclavi. Capuozzo, 25, could return for the third and final Nazionale match of this autumn tour, against New Zealand on November 23 in Turin. “It will be the subject of new examinations with a view to» of this match, said the FIR.
Against Georgia, Argentina's Italy coach Gonzalo Quesada will also be without Lorenzo Cannone who suffers from a broken nose and who underwent surgery on Monday. The third row of Benetton Treviso has returned to his club.
In 2024, Italy achieved the best Six Nations Tournament in its history with two victories, a draw and two defeats. But she conceded against Argentina the heaviest defeat in its history against this opponent who beat her for the ninth time in a row.
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