Argentina goalkicker Felipe Contepomi has gone down with a bout of flu, just four days before his side’s World Cup quarter-final against Scotland in Paris.

Argentina trio Juan Martin Hernandez, Marcos Ayerza and Federico Todeschini have been ruled out of Saturday’s World Cup Group D game against Namibia.

Gonzalo Longo and Jose Maria Nunez Piossek are a doubt for Argentina’s opening game of the World Cup against France on September 7.

Argentina centre Martin Gaitan is resigned to missing the World Cup following the heart problems he suffered in Cardiff on Saturday.

The Argentine Rugby Union have officially confirmed that Martin Gaitan will replace Lisandro Arbizu in the squad for next month’s World Cup.