Molia, Bruzzone join Olympic rosters

Both New Zealand and Argentina have suffered serious blows to their Olympic squads and have been forced to make changes after only one round. Each have lost two players, and complicating matters is that Olympic regulations state that only one replacement player can be added during the competition, meaning both teams will now be down to only 11 players for the duration.

New Zealand have lost both Sonny Bill Williams with a partial Achilles tear and Joe Webber to a dislocated shoulder. Called into the squad is Sione Molia.

Argentina will have to make do without star playmaker Javier Rojas and flying winger Rodrigo Etchart, both of whom have ruptured cruciate ligaments in their knees. Experienced halfback Nicolás Bruzzone has been added to the main squad.

Revised squads lists are below:

 

*cap totals reflect HSBC Sevens Series tournaments attended

 

ARGENTINA [revised]

NAME HGT WGT DOB CAPS CLUB
Álvarez, Santiago 1.88
6-2
93
205
Feb 17
1994
22 C.A.S.I.
Bruzzone, Nicolás 1.68
5-6
75
165
Oct 24
1985
54 Uni Santa Fe
Estellés, Juan Pablo 1.87
6-2
92
200
May 5
1988
4 Atlético del Rosario
Ezcurra, Bautista 1.81
5-11
88
195
Mar 15
1995
10 Hindú
Imhoff, Juan 1.86
6-1
90
200
May 11
1988
2 Racing 92 (FR)
Luna, Fernando 1.90
6-3
95
210
May 12
1990
28 Córdoba Athletic
Moroni, Matías 1.85
6-1
91
200
Mar 29
1991
13 Jaguares
Müller, Axel 1.86
6-1
90
200
Nov 25
1993
21 Marista
Revol, Gaston (capt.) 1.70
5-7
76
165
Nov 26
1986
49 La Tablada
Sábato, Franco 1.85
6-1
88
195
Jan 13
1990
25 Alumni
Schulz, Germán 1.88
6-2
94
205
Feb 5
1994
18 Tala

 

NEW ZEALAND [revised]

NAME HGT WGT DOB CAPS CLUB
Curry, Scott (capt.) 1.93
6-4
100
220
May 17
1988
31 Bay of Plenty
Dickson, Sam 1.93
6-4
101
220
Oct 18
1989
29 Canterbury
Forbes, D.J. 1.87
6-2
104
230
Dec 15
1982
79 Counties Manukau
Ioane, Akira 1.95
6-5
113
250
Jun 16
1995
9 Auckland
Ioane, Rieko 1.93
6-4
102
225
Mar 18
1997
10 Auckland
Kaka, Gillies 1.85
6-1
90
200
May 28
1990
30 Hawke’s Bay
Mikkelson, Tim 1.94
6-4
103
225
Aug 13
1986
62 Waikato
Molia, Sione 1.89
6-2
92
200
Sep 5
1993
6 Counties Manukau
Ormond, Lewis 1.93
6-4
100
220
Feb 5
1994
8 Taranaki
Pulu, Augustine 1.81
5-11
90
200
Jan 4
1990
6 Counties Manukau
Ware, Regan 1.84
6-0
94
205
Aug 7
1994
9 Waikato

 

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