Final Squads for Vancouver Sevens

The final rosters for the Vancouver Sevens have been declared. Another weekend featuring some of the world’s biggest names looms though there are a few stars who did not survive Las Vegas.

New Zealand have suffered a blow with skipper Tim Mikkelson and Vilimoni Koroi ruled out, but fortunately they have loads of talent available to act as replacements. In comes Kurt Baker to play in his 30th HSBC Sevens Series tournament with lanky speedster Luke Masirewa also joining the team.

Fiji, South Africa, and France have also lost Olympians. Jasa Veremalua drops out of the Fijian side with newcomer Uluiyata Batinisavu called in his place. Werner Kok is a big loss for the Blitzbokke, with Marco Labuschagne joining the team as 13th man and Ruhan Nel moving up to the main squad. France will do without Stephen Parez and Paul Bonnefond, the former a Rio competitor. Their replacements are Johan Demai-Hamecher and Pierre Popelin.

James Fleming and Joe Nayacavou miss out for Scotland. Top prospect Ally Miller arrives to fill in as the team will carry only 12 men. England have also lost a pair of regulars in Mike Ellery and Tom Bowen, but have recalled the experienced Charlie Hayter and youngster Ryan Olowofela in their place.

Wales will do without Owen Jenkins and Will Talbot Davies, replaced by Chay Smith and Lloyd Evans. Samoa arrive without ace finisher Tom Iosefo, whose spot is taken by Silao Nonu. The USA have made one change, calling up Nick Boyer in place of Joe Schroeder. Argentina will hand Tomás Passaro a debut after he acted as 13th man in Vegas.

EDIT: Last minute changes for Canada see Lucas Hammond and Matt Mullins called in. Andrew Coe and Luke Bradley sit out and Luke McCloskey is now the 13th man.

The two-day tournament kicks off at 9:30am local time, 12:30 Eastern on Saturday. A complete fixture list for Day One can be seen here.

Canadian fans can watch live on the CBC Sports website. NBC Sports will broadcast in the USA, and ESPN in South America. World Rugby will provide a live stream for those based outside the Americas.

 

* – denotes 2016 Olympian

 

POOL A

USA (6)
Malon Al-Jiboori, *Perry Baker, *Danny Barrett, Nick Boyer, *Martin Iosefo, *Carlin Isles, Matai Leuta, Chris Mattina (13th man), Cody Melphy, *Folau Niua, *Ben Pinkelman (capt.), *Maka Unufe, Kevon Williams

AUSTRALIA (4)
Lachie Anderson, Tim Anstee, Tom Connor, *Lewis Holland (capt.), Tom Lucas, Ben O’Donnell, *Jesse Parahi, Dylan Pietsch, *John Porch, Brandon Quinn (13th man), Jeral Skelton, *James Stannard, Charlie Taylor

CANADA (11)
Connor Braid, Tevaughn Campbell, Admir Cejvanovic, Justin Douglas, Mike Fuailefau, Lucas Hammond, Nathan Hirayama, Harry Jones (capt.), Isaac Kaay, Pat Kay, Luke McCloskey (13th man), John Moonlight, Matt Mullins

URUGUAY (18)
Joaquín Alonso, Diego Ardao, Manuel Ardao, Francisco Berchesi, Santiago Civetta, Agustín Della Corte, Felipe Etcheverry, Tomás Etcheverry, Guillermo Lijtenstein, Eugenio Plottier, Gabriel Puig (capt.), Gonzalo Soto

 

POOL B

ARGENTINA (5)
Renzo Barbier, Lautaro Bazán, Felipe Del Mestre, Severiano Escobio, Maximiliano Filizzola (13th man), Luciano González Rissoni, Santiago Mare, Marcos Moroni, Matías Osadczuk, Tomás Passaro, Maximo Provenzano, *Gastón Revol (capt.), Conrado Roura

ENGLAND (7)
*Dan Bibby, *Phil Burgess, Richard de Carpentier, Will Edwards (13th man), Harry Glover, Charlie Hayter, *Ollie Lindsay-Hague, *Ruaridh McConnochie, *Tom Mitchell (capt.), *Dan Norton, Ryan Olowofela, *James Rodwell, Ethan Waddleton

WALES (13)
Afon Bagshaw, Cai Devine, Lloyd Evans (13th man), Jacob Flynn, Joe Jenkins, Jack Maynard, Hari Millard, Luke Morgan, Angus O’Brien, Ben Roach, Chay Smith, Adam Thomas (capt.), Mike Wilson

SAMOA (9)
David Afamasaga, Jacob Ale, Elisapeta Alofipo, Tomasi Alosio, Neria Fomai, Gordon Langkilde, La’aloi Leilua, Tila Mealoi, Silao Nonu (13th man), Murphy Paulo, Joe Perez, Tofatu Solia, Alatasi Tupou (capt.)

 

POOL C

FIJI (3)
Uluiyata Batinisavu, Paul Dranisinukula, Mesulame Kunavula, Sevuloni Mocenacagi, Vasikali Mudu (13th man), Waisea Nacuqu, Alosio Naduva, Amenoni Nasilasila, Kalione Nasoko, *Vatemo Ravouvou, Eroni Sau, *Jerry Tuwai (capt.), Josua Vakurunabili

KENYA (8)
Eden Agero, *Willie Ambaka, *Andrew Amonde, *Collins Injera, Samuel Ngethe, *Billy Odhiambo, *Samuel Oliech, Jeffery Oluoch, Erick Ombasa (13th man), *Oscar Ouma (capt.), Arthur Owira, Nelson Oyoo, Daniel Sikuta

FRANCE (10)
*Jérémy Aicardi (13th man), Jean-Pascal Barraque, Johan Demai-Hamecher, *Pierre-Gilles Lakafia (capt.), *Jonathan Laugel, Jean-Baptiste Mazoué, Thibault Mazzoleni, Pierre Popelin, Paulin Riva, Pierre Sayerse, *Sacha Valleau, Gabin Villière, Tavite Veredamu

SPAIN (14)
Alejandro Alonso, Jaike Carter, Javier de Juan (13th man), Pablo Fontes, *Igor Genua, Francisco Hernández, Jacobo Martín (capt.), *Pol Plá, Thomas Pearce, Ignacio Rodriguez-Guerra, Manuel Sainz-Trapaga, Josh Taylor, *Iñaki Villanueva

 

POOL D

SOUTH AFRICA (1)
*Cecil Afrika, *Kyle Brown, Selvyn Davids, Zain Davids, Muller du Plessis, Branco du Preez, Stedman Gans, Marco Labuschagne (13th man), Ruhan Nel, Ryan Oosthuizen, *Dylan Sage, *Philip Snyman (capt.), Siviwe Soyizwapi

NEW ZEALAND (2)
Kurt Baker, Dylan Collier, *Scott Curry (capt.), *Sam Dickson, Trael Joass, Andrew Knewstubb, Luke Masirewa, Ngarohi McGarvey, *Sione Molia (13th man), Etene Nanai-Seturo, Joe Ravouvou, *Regan Ware, *Joe Webber

SCOTLAND (12)
Glenn Bryce, Alec Coombes, Jamie Farndale, Robbie Fergusson, Nyle Godsmark, Darcy Graham, Gavin Lowe, Max McFarland, Nick McLennan, Ally Miller, Scott Riddell (capt.), Kyle Steyn

RUSSIA (15)
Aleksander Afanasev, Ilya Babaev, German Davydov (capt.), Yuri Gostyuzhev, Roman Khodin, Vladislav Lazarenko (13th man), Ivan Ocvhinnikov, Artur Solomyany, Vladislav Sozonov, Dmitri Sukhin, Sergei Yanyushkin, Pavel Zhigailov, Vitali Zhivatov