Cardiff Blues have confirmed that Argentina international Lucas Amorosino will miss Friday night’s Guinness PRO12 fixture with Benetton Treviso after being given permission to return home for personal reasons.

Amorosino, who scored on his debut for Blues at the start of November against Munster, has this week returned to Argentina to deal with an urgent family matter.

The region now looks forward to Amorosino’s return in the coming weeks once he has completed his spell away in South America.