Rugby captain Aaron Carpenter breaks arm in Canada's loss to Ireland
Men's team dropped test match 52-21 on Saturday
Rugby captain Aaron Carpenter broke his arm in Canada's 52-21 loss to Ireland on Saturday.
The 33-year-old from Brantford, Ont., tweeted a picture of himself following surgery.
Disappointed I couldn't finish the match last night. I broke my radius tackling one of those Irishmen Surgery done on the road to recovery <a href="https://t.co/25vA4YI1yA">pic.twitter.com/25vA4YI1yA</a>
—@CarpatronCarpenter played his 75th cap on Saturday, moving him within one of Al Charron's national record.
However, that milestone will have to wait. Carpenter will miss Canada's remaining tour games against Romania and Samoa.
Charron joked that he was not wishing Carpenter bad luck in pursuit of his record.
Contrary 2 popular believe I was not wishing <a href="https://twitter.com/Carpatron">@Carpatron</a> bad luck on way to the <a href="https://twitter.com/RugbyCanada">@RugbyCanada</a> record for caps!Heal well Carps- see U in June! <a href="https://t.co/mb0QnGgqWH">pic.twitter.com/mb0QnGgqWH</a>
—@TheBlade27With files from CBC Sports