Sharks' South African Franco Marais (R) tackles Jaguares' Argentinian Santiago Cordero (L) during the Super Rugby match between Sharks and Jaguares on March 5, 2016 in Durban, South Africa. / AFP / ANESH DEBIKY (Photo credit should read ANESH DEBIKY/AFP/Getty Images)
Argentina winger Santiago Cordero will miss the first half of the Jaguares' Super Rugby club's trip to New Zealand and Japan after suffering cuts and bruises in a car accident.
Cordero, one of the standouts for Argentina at last year's World Cup, was driving in wet conditions on Saturday night after the Jaguares' 13-8 loss to the Stormers at Velez Sarsfield in Buenos Aires.
“I was on my way back home, it was raining a bit and suddenly I lost control of the car,” Cordero was quoted as saying by the Argentine Rugby Union on Sunday.
“Luckily it was just a fright and I'm ok.”