Final Men’s Rosters for Las Vegas 7s

All men’s rosters have now been submitted for the HSBC Sevens Series event in Las Vegas this weekend. Three days of exciting international sevens action begins on Friday with a 4:09pm Pacific, 7:09pm Eastern, kickoff for the first round of pool play. Each team has now declared their final 12 to star the tournament with all 16 teams including a reserve 13th player this weekend.

The Americas are represented by four teams – Argentina, Canada, Chile, and hosts USA. Of those Argentina and the USA look best placed to take a run at the Cup. Argentina have drafted in Fernando Luna and Bautista Delguy from the Americas Rugby Championship and feature a mix of hardened veterans and top young talent such as José Barros Sosa and Matías Osadczuk. The Eagles are without injured Perry Baker but otherwise feature the usual suspects, with stars Perry Baker and Danny Barrett deputizing for captain Madison Hughes.

Apart from their exceptional performance in Wellington, Canada have struggled in the new season. They will be boosted by the return of Phil Berna while world class playmaker Nathan Hirayama has been passed fit to take part in the first North American leg. Chile have sent a young specialist squad led by the experienced Felipe Brangier, one of three players also capped in XVs along with Ignacio Silva and Francisco Urroz.

Current table toppers South Africa have lost superstars Seabelo Senatla and Kwagga Smith to Super Rugby but remain a massively talented squad with the likes of Cecil Afrika, Werner Kok, and Justin Geduld featuring among a host of regulars. Olympic champions Fiji will field playmaker Jerry Tuwai and in-form Joeli Lutumailagi, and Samoa have bolstered their squad not only with new head coach Gordon Tietjens but also a handful of established stars led by Afa Aiono who is restored to the captaincy. Former skipper Fa’alemiga Selesele and lightning-fast finisher Samoa Toloa should add potency to the side.

Other stars set to light up Sam Boyd Stadium include the legendary Collins Injera from fan favorites Kenya, Great Britain try-scoring hero Dan Bibby, and a pair of household names from New Zealand in DJ Forbes and Tim Mikkelson. From France there is the exuberant captain Terry Bouhraoua, 20-year-old sensation Henry Hutchison of Australia, and emerging Wales marvel Morgan Williams, fresh from his hat-trick against Fiji in Sydney.

All matches will be streamed live by World Rugby and NBC.

 

ARGENTINA
Renzo Barbier, José Barros Sosa, Lucas Belloto, Felipe del Mestre, Bautista Delguy, Luciano González Rizzoni, Fernando Luna, Nicolás Menéndez, Matías Osadczuk, Gastón Revol (capt.), Joaquín Riera, Franco Sábato, Javier Rojas (reserve)

AUSTRALIA
Lachie Anderson, Tim Anstee, Alex Gibbon, Henry Hutchison, Ed Jenkins, Tom Lucas, Nick Malouf, Tate McDermott, Liam McNamara, Sam Myers (capt.), Brandon Quinn, James Stannard, Simon Kennewell (reserve)

CANADA
Phil Berna, Luke Bradley, Justin Douglas, Mike Fuailefau, Lucas Hammond, Nathan Hirayama, Harry Jones (capt.), Isaac Kaay, Pat Kay, Luke McCloskey, John Moonlight, Adam Zaruba, Caleb Jordan (reserve)

CHILE
Julio Blanc, Felipe Brangier (capt.), Benjamín de Vidts, Nicolás Herreros, Joaquín Huici, Francisco Metuaze, Bernardo Moltedo, Martín Raddatz, Ignacio Silva, Marcelo Torrealba, Francisco Urroz, Lucas Westcott, Vicente Ayarza (reserve)

ENGLAND
Dan Bibby, Tom Bowen, Phil Burgess, Alex Davis, Richard de Carpentier, Charlie Hayter, Ollie Lindsay-Hague, Ruaridh McConnachie, Tom Mitchell (capt.), Dan Norton, James Rodwell, Ethan Waddleton, Charlton Kerr (reserve)

FIJI
Masivesi Dakuwaqa, Apisai Domolailai, Osea Kolinisau (capt.), Joeli Lutumailagi, Sevuloni Mocenacagi, Waisea Nacuqu, Nemani Nagusa, Kalione Nasoko, Vatemo Ravouvou, Jerry Tuwai, Samisoni Viriviri, Alivereti Veitokani (reserve)

FRANCE
Jeremy Aicardi, Jean-Pascal Barraque, Bastien Berenguel, Terry Bouhraoua (capt.), Julien Candelon, Vincent Inigo, Alexandre Lagarde, Pierre-Gilles Lakafia, Jonathan Laugel, Jean-Baptiste Mazoué, Kelegh Moutome, Stephen Parez, Sacha Valleau (reserve)

JAPAN
Kazuhiro Guya, Jon-Moon Han, Kosuke Hashino, Ryota Kano, Naoki Motomura, Masahiro Nakano, Rikiya Oishi, Dai Ozawa, Katsuyuki Sakai (capt.), Kameli Soejima, Patrick Stehlin, Dallas Tatana, Hironori Yatomi (reserve)

KENYA
Eden Agero, Willy Ambaka, Andrew Amonde (capt.), Collins Injera, Augustine Lugonzo, Leonard Mugaisi, Bush Mwale, Billy Odhiambo, Samuel Oliech, Nelson Oyoo, Daniel Sikuta, Frank Wanyama, Oscar Ayodi (reserve)

NEW ZEALAND
Dylan Collier, DJ Forbes, Iopu Iopu-Aso, Trael Joass, Andrew Knewstubb, Vilimoni Koroi, Tim Mikkelson (capt.), Sione Molia, Tone Ng Shiu, Sherwin Stowers, Isaac Te Tamaki, Beaudein Waaka, Ambrose Curtis (reserve)

RUSSIA
Ilya Babaev, Stanislav Bondarev, German Davydov, Eduard Filatov, Alexei Kapalin, Ivan Kotov, Vladislav Lazarenko, Patris Peki, Roman Roshchin, Vladislav Sozonov, Dimitri Sukhin, Vitali Zhivatov, Timur Urazakov (reserve)

SAMOA
Afa Aiono (capt.), Neria Foma’i, Danny Kayes, La’aloi Leilua, Tila Mealoi, Alamanda Motuga, Joe Perez, Savelio Ropati, Lester Sefo, Fa’alemiga Selesele, Samoa Toloa, Lafaele Va’a, Alex Samoa (reserve)

SCOTLAND
Tom Brown, Jamie Farndale, Dougie Fife, James Fleming, Gregor Hunter, Sean Kennedy, Fraser Lyle, Ally Miller, Joe Nayacavou, Scott Riddell, Mark Robertson, Scott Wight (capt.), Hugh Blake (reserve)

SOUTH AFRICA
Cecil Afrika, Zain Davids, Stephan Dippenaar, Chris Dry, Branco du Preez, Justin Geduld, Werner Kok, Ruhan Nel, Dylan Sage, Philip Snyman, Siviwe Soyizwapi, Rosko Specman, Stedman Gans (reserve)

USA
Perry Baker, Danny Barrett, Pat Blair, Andrew Durutalo, Walt Elder, Madison Hughes (capt.), Martin Iosefo, Matai Leuta, Folau Niua, Ben Pinkelman, Stephen Tomasin, Maka Unufe, Malon Al-Jiboori (reserve)

WALES
Stefan Andrews, James Benjamin, Sam Cross (capt.), Ethan Davies, Lloyd Evans, Owen Jenkins, Oliver Lane, Luke Morgan, Ben Roach, Adam Thomas, Morgan Williams, Tom Williams, Lloyd Lewis (reserve)