Final Rosters for Vancouver 7s

The final squads for the HSBC Sevens Series event at BC Place in Vancouver this weekend have been named. An unusual number of changes have been made from the teams that took part in Las Vegas, with several injuries taking their toll on several squads. Among those not taking part this weekend are Australian captain Sam Myers, England and Great Britain playmaker Ollie Lindsay-Hague, Fijian stepper Joeli Lutumailagi, France veteran Vincent Inigo, Samoan leader Fa’alemiga Selesele, Scottish forward Scott Riddell, and South African star Justin Geduld.

Of the notables added this week are Canadian forward Matt Mullins and a pair of highly rated Scots in Hugh Blake and Glenn Bryce. Wales have recovered their captain Luke Treharne and added World Cup midfielder Cory Allen, while New Zealand have also upgraded with the return of skipper Scott Curry from injury. France will hand debuts to Josias Daoudou and Jean-Teiva Jacquelin, with further HSBC Series newcomers in Russia’s Timur Urazakov and Samoan wing Elisapeta Alofipo.

The return of Mullins to the Canadian roster sees Luke Bradley named as 13th man and Caleb Jordan missing out on the tournament this weekend. Chile have been forced into one change with Vicente Ayarza replacing Bernardo Moltedo in the main squad. They have opted not to call a replacement to fill the 13th man role. Both Argentina and the USA remain unchanged.

Saturday’s matches kick off at 9:30am PT, 12:30pm ET. All games will be streamed live by World Rugby.

 

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, Simon Kennewell, Tom Lucas (capt.), Nick Malouf, Tate McDermott, Liam McNamara, Brandon Quinn, James Stannard, Mick Adams (reserve)

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

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

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

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

FRANCE
Jeremy Aicardi, Jean-Pascal Barraque, Bastien Berenguel, Terry Bouhraoua (capt.), Julien Candelon, Josias Daoudou, Jean-Teiva Jacquelin, Alexandre Lagarde, Jonathan Laugel, Jean-Baptiste Mazoué, Kelegh Moutome, Sacha Valleau, Stephen Parez (reserve)

JAPAN
Jon-Moon Han, Kosuke Hashino, Ryota Kano, Masahiro Nakano, Rikiya Oishi, Dai Ozawa, Katsuyuki Sakai (capt.), Kameli Soejima, Patrick Stehlin, Dallas Tatana, Yoshiaki Tsurugasaki, Hironori Yatomi, Kento Matsui (reserve)

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

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

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

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

SCOTLAND
Bobby Beattie, Hugh Blake, Glenn Bryce, Jamie Farndale, Dougie Fife, James Fleming, Gregor Hunter, Ally Miller, Joe Nayacavou, Mark Robertson, Scott Wight (capt.), Fraser Lyle (reserve)

SOUTH AFRICA
Cecil Afrika, Zain Davids, Stephan Dippenaar, Chris Dry, Branco du Preez, Stedman Gans, Werner Kok, Ruhan Nel, Dylan Sage, Philip Snyman, Siviwe Soyizwapi, Rosko Specman, Sandile Ngcobo (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
Cory Allen, Stefan Andrews, James Benjamin, Sam Cross, Ethan Davies, Lloyd Evans, Owen Jenkins, Luke Morgan, Ben Roach, Adam Thomas, Luke Treharne (capt.), Tom Williams, Lloyd Lewis (reserve)