Pumas loose forward Pablo Matera won't return to Crusaders in 2023

Pumas loose forward Pablo Matera won't return to Crusaders in 2023

By Lena Reece
Sunday 19/06/2022
Pablo Matera of the Crusaders and his son celebrate the win with Sevu Reece during the 2022 Super Rugby Pacific Final match between the Blues and the Crusaders at Eden Park on June 18, 2022 in Auckland, New Zealand. (Photo by Hannah Peters/Getty Images)

Loose forward and former Argentinian Captain, Pablo Matera won’t be back for a second year at the Crusaders.

Head coach Scott Robertson confirmed so shortly after Crusaders arrived at the Christchurch airport this morning.

Robertson had hoped the hard-nosed Puma would be back for a second season, but the 28-year-old is set to announce his latest destination in the coming days.

Matera was all smiles last night, and this morning, after finally winning a championship.

Ahead of the Crusaders’ 21-7 triumph over the Blues at Eden Park, he’d stressed how desperate he was to win a title, something he hadn’t achieved in 10 globe-trotting years.

Having been on the losing side to the Crusaders in the 2019 final, when he played a whale of a game for the Jaguares in Christchurch, he played a big hand in the Crusaders’ sixth title in as many years.

It was his superbly placed kick wing Sevu Reece pounced on with four minutes to play which iced the Crusaders’ seventh straight win over the Blues at Eden Park. Matera is set to return to Argentina on Tuesday to prepare for a three-match test series against Scotland, but not before the Crusaders finish celebrating their record-extending 13th title.

[Source: Stuff.co]

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