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Final rosters for the first ever World Sevens Series event in Edmonton 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.
A number of changes have been made to Men’s squads. Canada will hand a debut to Thomas Isherwood in place of Elias Ergas. South Africa will be absent Angelo Davids due to injury but have a more than capable replacement in Selvyn Davids. Mexico have activated veteran Erik Castillo who had been coaching the Women’s side.
The USA have lost Cody Melphy but welcome Marcus Tupuola back to the squad. Jamaica will miss the experience of Conan Osborne, Anthony Bingham, and Samuel Rees, who are replaced by Matthew Coore, Mason Caton-Brown, and Oliver Melville.
Germany have called up playmaker Fabian Heimpel to replace Bastian van der Bosch. Ireland meanwhile recall Olympic captain Billy Davis and speedsters Aaron O’Sullivan and Jordan Conroy with Ed Kelly, Gavin Mullin, and Mark Roche dropping out.
On the Women’s side, Canada have made one change with Ella O’Regan out and Florence Symonds in. The only other change sees the USA’s Nia Toliver missing out with Alena Olsen called in her place.
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
CANADA
Nick Allen, Phil Berna (capt.), Ciaran Breen, Jack Carson, Andrew Coe, Thomas Isherwood, Josiah Morra, Anton Ngongo, Matt Oworu, Matthew Percillier, Brennig Prevost, Alex Russell, Jake Thiel
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.)
MEXICO
Ricardo Ancira, Raúl Barrón, Enrique Carmona, Erik Castillo, 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, Selvyn Davids, Zain Davids, Muller du Plessis, Christie Grobbelaar, Dewald Human, Sakoyisa Makata, James Murphy, Ryan Oosthuizen, JC Pretorius, Siviwe Soyizwapi (capt.), Shaun Williams
POOL B
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
KENYA
Willy Ambaka, Levy Amunga, Harold Anduvate, Herman Humwa, Derrick Keyoga, Mark Kwemoi, Alvin Marube, Timothy Mmasi, Billy Odhiambo, Jeffrey Oluoch, Alvin Otieno, Nelson Oyoo (capt.), Daniel Taabu
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
USA
Adam Channel, Gavan D’Amore-Morrison, Christian Dyer, Malacchi Esdale, Naima Fuala’au, Martin Iosefo, Matai Leuta, Jerome Nale, Joe Schroeder, David Still, Marcus Tupuola, Jack Wendling, Kevon Williams (capt.)
POOL C
GERMANY
Anjo Buckman, Marcel Coetzee, John Dawe, Ben Ellermann, Fabian Heimpel, Niklas Koch, Tim Lichtenberg, Robin Plümpe, Samuel Rainger, Manasah Sita, Carlos Soteras-Merz (capt.), Phil Szczesny, Chris Umeh
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
IRELAND
Niall Comerford, Jordan Conroy, Chris Cosgrave, Sean Cribbin, Billy Dardis, Shane Jennings, Sean Kearns, Steven Kilgallen, Ben Moxham, Bryan Mollen (capt.), Aaron O’Sullivan, Conor Phillips, Liam Turner
JAMAICA
Nathan Annakie, Mason Caton-Brown, Matthew Coore, Oshane Edie (co-capt.), Nic Franklyn, Josh Jacas, Ben Jones-Bishop, Oliver Melville, Mark Phillips, Jack Rampton, Lucas Roy-Smith, Ashley Smith (co-capt.), Fabian Turner
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, Temi Ogunjimi, Sabrina Poulin, Florence Symonds
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, Alena Olsen, Stephanie Rovetti, Alex Sedrick, Rachel Strasdas, Salote Tausinga, Lauren Thunen
