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Final Rosters confirmed for Vancouver 7s

Final rosters for the return of the World Sevens Series in Vancouver have been confirmed. The tournament takes place over Saturday and Sunday with 12 Men’s teams competing in three pools. A round-robin exhibition format will be used for the four Women’s teams.

There are two late changes to the Canada Women’s side. Breanne Nicholas and Arielle Normandin-Leclerc are out, replaced by Nakisa Levale and Kiri Ngawati. Olympic select Olivia Apps will captain the squad for the first time, with Phil Berna leading the Men’s team.

Broadcasts will be available on the CBC Sports website and app in Canada, Peacock TV in the USA, NBC Sports in the Caribbean, and ESPN in South America. Broadcaster links by country can be seen here. A full schedule for the Men’s event can be seen here, and the Women’s event here.

 

MEN’S ROSTERS

POOL A

KENYA
Willy Ambaka, Levy Amunga, Harold Anouvate, Herman Humwa, Derrick Keyoga, Mark Kwemoi, Alvin Marube, Timothy Mmasi, Billy Odhiambo, Jeffrey Oluoch, Alvin Otieno, Nelson Oyoo (capt.), Daniel Taabu

MEXICO
Ricardo Ancira, Raúl Barrón, Enrique Carmona, Nicolás Falcón, Patricio Falcón (capt.), Tobías Hernández, José Lárraga, Luc Martín, Fernando Mendoza, Alejandro Revilla, José Luis Velasco, Joseph Villalobos

SOUTH AFRICA
Darren Adonis, Ronald Brown, Angelo Davids, Zain Davids, Muller du Plessis, Christie Grobbelaar, Dewald Human, Sakoyisa Makata, James Murphy, Ryan Oosthuizen, JC Pretorius, Siviwe Soyizwapi (capt.), Shaun Williams

SPAIN
Pau Aira, Arnau Andrés, Enrique Bolinches, Emilien Cabale, Alberto Carmona, Juan Martínez (capt.), Jaime Mata, Manuel Moreno, Pol Plà, Miguel Reina, Josep Serres, Mana Williams

POOL B

GREAT BRITAIN
Jamie Barden, Tom Bowen, Alex Davis, Tom Emery, Jamie Farndale, Robbie Fergusson (capt.), Paddy Kelly, Ross McCann, Max McFarland, Calum Randle, Freddie Roddick, Luke Treharne, Morgan Williams

HONG KONG
Seb Brien, Lee Cado, James Christie, Michael Coverdale, Max Denmark, Liam Herbert, Jamie Hood, Callum McCullough, Harry Sayers, Hugo Stiles, Russell Webb, Pierce West, Max Woodward (capt.)

IRELAND
Niall Comerford, Chris Cosgrave, Sean Cribbin, Shane Jennings, Sean Kearns, Ed Kelly, Steven Kilgallen, Ben Moxham, Bryan Mollen (capt.), Gavin Mullin, Conor Phillips, Mark Roche, Liam Turner

JAMAICA
Nathan Annakie, Anthony Bingham, Oshane Edie (co-capt.), Nic Franklyn, Josh Jacas, Ben Jones-Bishop, Conan Osborne (co-capt.), Mark Phillips, Jack Rampton, Samuel Rees, Lucas Roy-Smith, Ashley Smith, Fabian Turner

POOL C

CANADA
Nick Allen, Phil Berna (capt.), Ciaran Breen, Jack Carson, Andrew Coe, Elias Ergas, Josiah Morra, Anton Ngongo, Matt Oworu, Matthew Percillier, Brennig Prevost, Alex Russell, Jake Thiel

CHILE
José Miguel Arcerreca, Juan Cristóbal Bascuñan, Sebastián Berti, Julio Blanc, Felipe Brangier, Santiago Edwards, Joaquín Huici (capt.), Arturo Iriarte, Dante Marchese, Giorgio Moltedo, Agustín Planella, Luca Strabucchi, Diego Warnken

GERMANY
Anjo Buckman, Marcel Coetzee, John Dawe, Ben Ellermann, Niklas Koch, Tim Lichtenberg, Robin Plümpe, Samuel Rainger, Manasah Sita, Carlos Soteras-Merz (capt.), Phil Szczesny, Chris Umeh, Bastian van der Bosch

USA
Adam Channel, Gavan D’Amore-Morrison, Christian Dyer, Malacchi Esdale, Naima Fuala’au, Martin Iosefo, Matai Leuta, Cody Melphy, Jerome Nale, Joe Schroeder, David Still, Jack Wendling, Kevon Williams (capt.)

 

WOMEN’S ROSTERS

CANADA
Olivia Apps (capt.), Fancy Bermudez-Chavez, Emma Chown, Alysha Corrigan, Chloe Daniels, Olivia de Couvreur, Renee Gonzalez, Asia Hogan-Rochester, Nakisa Levale, Kiri Ngawati, Ella O’Regan, Temi Ogunjimi, Sabrina Poulin

GREAT BRITAIN
Abbie Brown (co-capt.), Abi Burton, Shona Campbell, Heather Cowell, Grace Crompton, Megan Jones (co-capt.), Jasmine Joyce, Alicia Maude, Chantelle Miell, Jodie Ounsley, Celia Quansah, Emma Uren, Amy Wilson-Hardy

MEXICO
Maria Arsuaga, Alessandra Bender, San Juanita Elguezabal, Isabela González (capt.), Tania Grijalva, Marie Potes, Rosa Rivera, Laura Rodríguez, Vanessa Rodríguez, Daniela Rosales, Zoé Tuyu

USA
Sui A’au, Kayla Canett, Joanne Fa’avesi (capt.), Emily Fulbrook, Jazmine Grey, Summer Harris-Jones, Sarah Levy, Stephanie Rovetti, Alex Sedrick, Rachel Strasdas, Salote Tausinga, Lauren Thunen, Nia Toliver

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