Final rosters confirmed for Vancouver Sevens

The second half of the HSBC Sevens Series’ North American leg begins in Vancouver tomorrow with the fourth running of the event at BC Place. Good news came this week with confirmation that the Vancouver event has been approved for another four seasons by World Rugby.

Entering the tournament as both top seeds after winning in Las Vegas and overall series leaders, the USA have been forced to make one change to their roster. Danny Barrett misses out with a broken thumb. He should return in Hong Kong but in the meantime Joe Schroeder comes into the squad as forward cover.

Hosts Canada will have Pat Kay back in the lineup after he missed the Vegas trip. Josiah Morra will act as 13th man with Cooper Coats the one to miss out. It’s a tough draw for the Canadians who have in-form Vegas finalists Samoa along with Fiji and Kenya to contend with.

Chile have suffered a considerable blow with captain Felipe Brangier ruled out. Ignacio Silva takes over the leadership role but the team will not call a replacement from home, instead the only team in the tournament without a nominated 13th man.

It’s the same again for Argentina, who showed improvement in Vegas but at the same time continued to frustrate their fans with inconsistent effort. They will be looking for greater resolve this week despite continuing without usual captain Gastón Revol.

All matches can be watched on the CBC Sports website in Canada or ESPN in the rest of the Americas. Those located elsewhere can watch a live stream provided by World Rugby. A detailed fixture list can be seen here.

 

POOL A

USA (1)
Ben Broselle (13th man), Maceo Brown, Madison Hughes (capt.), Martin Iosefo, Carlin Isles, Matai Leuta, Folau Niua, Ben Pinkelman, Joe Schroeder, Brett Thompson, Stephen Tomasin, Marcus Tupuola, Kevon Williams

SOUTH AFRICA (5)
Kurt-Lee Arendse (13th man), Selvyn Davids, Zain Davids, Muller du Plessis, Branco du Preez, Stedman Gans, Justin Geduld, Werner Kok, Sakoyisa Makata, JC Pretorius, Philip Snyman (capt.), Siviwe Soyizwapi, Impi Visser

CHILE (16)
Julio Blanc, Pablo Byers, Benjamín de Vidts, Rodrigo Fernández, Juan Pablo Larenas, Francisco Metuaze, Pablo Metuaze, Felipe Neira, Francisco Neira, Ignacio Silva (capt.), Martín Verschae, Pedro Verschae

WALES (14)
Afon Bagshaw, Ben Cambriani, Ethan Davies, Cai Devine, Rio Dyer (13th man), George Gasson, Joe Goodchild, Owen Jenkins, Cameron Lewis, Ben Roach, Tom Rogers, Dafydd Smith, Luke Treharne (capt.)

 

POOL B

SAMOA (7)
David Afamasaga (capt.), Elisapeta Alofipo, Ma’auga Iamanu, Melani Matavao, Tila Mealoi, Alamanda Motuga, Murphy Paulo, Gasologa Pelenato (13th man), Joe Perez, Johnny Samuelu, Tofatu Solia, Danny Tusitala, Johnny Vaili

FIJI (3)
Vilimoni Botitu, Meli Derenalagi, Paula Dranisinukula, Mesulame Kunavula, Sevuloni Mocenacagi, Alasio Naduva, Kalione Nasoko (capt.), Isoa Tabu (13th man), Aminiasi Tuimaba, saeli Tuivuaka, Jerry Tuwai, Josua Vakurunabili, Terio Veilawa

KENYA (13)
Mike Agevi, Edmund Anya, Herman Humwa, Cyprian Kuto, Bush Mwale, Jacob Ojee (capt.), Johnstone Olindi, Charles Omondi, Vincent Onyala, Shaddon Singah, Daniel Taabu, Brian Wahinya (13th man), Michael Wanjala

CANADA (11)
Phil Berna, Connor Braid, Admir Cejvanovic, Mike Fuailefau, Nathan Hirayama (capt.), Harry Jones, Isaac Kaay, Pat Kay, Luke McCloskey, Josiah Morra (13th man), Matt Mullins, Jake Thiel, Adam Zaruba

 

POOL C

NEW ZEALAND (2)
Sam Dickson, Scott Gregory, Trael Joass, Andrew Knewstubb, Vilimoni Koroi, Ngarohi McGarvey-Black, Tim Mikkelson (capt.), Sione Molia, Jona Nareki, Tone Ng Shiu, Joe Ravouvou, Te Puoho Stephens (13th man), Regan Ware

AUSTRALIA (6)
Rod Davies, Lewis Holland (capt.), Henry Hutchison, Simon Kennewell, Nick Malouf, Liam McNamara, Ben O’Donnell, Jesse Parahi, Dylan Pietsch (13th man), John Porch, Brendon Quinn, Jeral Skelton, Michael Wells

SPAIN (10)
Alejandro Alonso, Daniel Barranco, Javier Carrion, Javier De Juan, Pablo Fontes, Francisco Hernández, Joan Losada, Juan Martínez, Iñaki Mateu, Pol Plà, Diego Periel (13th man), Ignacio Rodríguez-Guerra, Manuel Sainz-Trapaga

FRANCE (12)
Samuel Alerte, Jean-Pascal Barraque (capt.), Paul Bonnefond (13th man), Sadek Deghmache, Pierre-Gilles Lakafia, Jonathan Laugel, Thibaud Mazzoleni, Pierre Mignot, Marvin O’Connor, Stephan Parez, Remi Siega, Gabin Villiere, Antoine Zeghdar

 

POOL D

ARGENTINA (8)
Santiago Álvarez (capt.), Renzo Barbier, Lautaro Bazán Vélez, Joaquín de la Vega, Rodrigo Etchart, Franco Florio (13th man), Luciano González Rizzoni, Fernando Luna, Santiago Mare, Maximo Provenzano, Franco Sábato, Germán Schulz, Francisco Ulloa

ENGLAND (4)
Jamie Barden (13th man), Dan Bibby, Tom Bowen, Phil Burgess, Richard de Carpentier, Will Edwards, Harry Glover, Charlton Kerr, Tom Michell (capt.), Will Muir, Dan Norton, Ryan Olowofela, Ethan Waddleton

SCOTLAND (9)
Glenn Bryce, Alec Coombes, Jack Cuthbert (13th man), Harvey Elms, Jamie Farndale, Robbie Fergusson (capt.), Nyle Godsmark, Gavin Lowe, Ross McCann, Max McFarland, Sam Pecqueur, Scott Riddell, Charlie Shiel

JAPAN (15)
Yoshikazu Fujita, Teruya Goto, Kazuhiro Goya, Taisei Hayashi, Kippei Ishida, Taiki Koyama, Naoki Motomura, Takehiro Nakazawa, Yoshihiro Noguchi, Rikiya Oishi (13th man), Dai Ozawa (capt.), Kameli Soejima