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Italy's Parisse fights to be fit for World Cup

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Italy's Parisse fights to be fit for World Cup
Italy Captain Sergio Parisse is a doubt for the World Cup after he underwent surgery in Paris. Photo: Glen Kirk/AFP

Italy captain Sergio Parisse has undergone surgery to drain a haematoma, the Italian rugby federation announced on Tuesday, just over a week before the World Cup gets underway in England.

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The federation added that further details on the player's expected absence would be revealed following tests "in the coming days".

The 31-year-old Argentine-born flanker has 112 caps for Italy and is their star player.

The surgery in Paris was to drain a haematoma - a swelling of clotted blood - in a muscle in his left leg, after he picked up a knock in Italy's World Cup warm-up Test defeat to Wales in Cardiff last weekend.

Italy open their World Cup campaign on September 19 in Twickenham against France.

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