Achilles tendon in Quade Cooper soured Argentina's defeat at the Australian Rugby Championship on Saturday and could put the veteran playmaker in doubt for next year's World
Fly-half Cooper suffered the injury when he slipped early in the second half of the Wallabies' 41-26 victory. He can expect a lengthy recovery period for the damage that usually takes at least nine months to heal.
It's another severe blow for the 34-year-old, who clutched his lower leg in pain and needed help to ease himself out of the game slowly.
Cooper had hoped to cement first-choice status after missing the entire series at home to a 2-1 loss to England, having injured a calf muscle during warm-ups for the first Test in Perth.
An escalation of injuries continues for the Wallabies, mainly down the line, where coach Dave Rennie could not call up Samu Kerevi, Tom Banks and Andrew Kellaway in Mendoza, where the visitors rallied from a 19-10 deficit in halftime.
I'm happy with how we ended up. We have more in us, but I am thrilled with the character we showed after the late changes and the loss of a key person within the game.
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