Final Men’s Rosters for Málaga Sevens

The World Sevens Series resumes in Málaga on Friday despite the specter of the pandemic in the backdrop. New Zealand, Samoa, and Fiji have all dropped out of the tournament though a window has been left open for the latter to possibly resume on Day Two.

There are significant changes to all of the Americas teams. The USA bid farewell to Martin Iosefo and Matai Leuta, who move to Major League Rugby. Canada has changed half of their side, and Los Pumas will be without Covid-stricken captain Santiago Álvarez and former skipper Gastón Revol.

Jamaica have answered the call to join the series, having last participated in Edmonton. They too show significant changes to the roster. Germany has also been summoned, while the Great Britain team has been dissolved with England, Scotland, and Wales returning.

There is a notable addition to Ireland’s team in the form of Timolore Awonusi. The 6’7″ (2.00m) flyer is a student at Trinity Western University in Canada and played for the Spartans in the Coastal Cup.

Live broadcasts will be available on the CBC Sports website in Canada, Peacock TV in the USA, ESPN in South America, and on the World Rugby website for those located abroad.

A full fixture list can be seen here.

 

MEN’S POOL A

ENGLAND
Jamie Adamson, Jamie Barden, Tom Bowen, Blake Boyland, Joe Browning, Max Clementson, Ed Coulson, Alex Davis (capt.), Will Homer, Hayden Hyde, Calum Randle, Freddie Roddick, Will Trenholm

FIJI
*to be determined

SCOTLAND
Kaleem Barreto, Fin Callaghan, Reiss Cullen, Matt Davidson, Jordan Edmunds, Harvey Elms, Jamie Farndale (capt.), Jacob Henry, Grant Hughes, Lee Jones, Paddy Kelly, Gavin Lowe, Ross McCann

SOUTH AFRICA
Darren Adonis, Selvyn Davids, Zain Davids, Branco du Preez, Justin Geduld, Christie Grobbelaar, Dewald Human, Sakoyisa Makata, Mfundo Ndhlovu, Ryan Oosthuizen, JC Pretorius, Siviwe Soyizwapi (capt.), Impi Visser

 

MEN’S POOL B

AUSTRALIA
Ben Dowling, Stuart Dunbar, Henry Hutchison (capt.), Chris Kuridrani, Darby Lancaster, Nathan Lawson, Maurice Longbottom, Dietrich Roache, Jed Stuart, Corey Toole, Josh Turner, Solomone Vosaicake, Yool Yool

IRELAND
Tamilore Awonusi, Niall Comerford, Sean Cribbin, Sean Kearns, Ed Kelly, Jack Kelly, Terry Kennedy, Bryan Mollen (capt.), Conor Phillips, Mark Roche, Tom Roche, Andrew Smith, Zac Ward

GERMANY
Anjo Buckman, John Dawe, Leon Hees, Fabian Heimpel, Felix Hufnagel, Jack Hunt, Tim Lichtenberg, Robin Plümpe, Samuel Rainger, Carlos Soteras-Merz (capt.), Phil Szczesny, Chris Umeh, Bastian van der Bosch

JAPAN
Moeki Fukushi, Taisei Hayashi, Taiga Ishida, Yuki Ishii (co-capt.), Ryota Kano, Sitaleki Makisi, Ren Miyagami, Chikara Morita, Kazuma Nakagawa (co-capt.), Yoshihiro Noguchi, Kameli Soejima, Shun Tomonaga, Shotaro Tsuoka

 

MEN’S POOL C

ARGENTINA
Lautaro Bazán Vélez, Joaquín de la Vega, Felipe del Mestre (capt.), Tomás Elizalde, Agustín Fraga, Luciano González Rizzoni, Rodrigo Isgro, Joaquín Lamas, Marcos Moneta, Gastón Revol, Franco Sábato, Germán Schulz, Santiago Vera Feld

JAMAICA
Rhodri Adamson, Tyler Bush, Oscar Clayton, Omar Dixon, Josh Jacas, Chris McIntosh, Cameron Melville, Jack Rampton, Lucas Roy-Smith, Ashley Smith (capt.), Christian Squire, Gareth Stoppani, Tom Taylor-Dawes

SPAIN
Enrique Bolinches, Javier de Juan (capt.), Eduardo López, Juan Martínez, Manuel Moreno, Nico Nieto, Pol Pla, Juan Ramos, Miguel Reina, Tiago Romero, Tobías Sainz-Trápaga, Josep Serres, Francisco Soriano

USA
Perry Baker, Maceo Brown, Aaron Cummings, Gavan D’Amore-Morrison, Naima Fuala’au, Carlin Isles, Chase Schor-Haskin, Joe Schroeder, David Still, Logan Tago, Faitala Talapusi, Stephen Tomasin, Kevon Williams (capt.)

 

MEN’S POOL D

CANADA
Nick Allen, Noah Bain, Phil Berna (capt.), Cooper Coats, Elias Ergas, Sion Griffiths, Thomas Isherwood, Josiah Morra, Anton Ngongo, Matthew Oworu, Alex Russell, Theo Sauder, Jake Thiel

FRANCE
Nelson Épée, Nisie Huyard, Aaron Grandidier, William Iraguha, Simon Joris, Jonathan Laugel, Pierre Mignot, Stephen Parez, Varian Pasquet, Paulin Riva (capt.), Jordan Sepho, Alexandre Tchaptchet, Joachim Trouabal

KENYA
Levi Amunga, Derrick Ashihundu, Herman Humwa, Bush Mwale, Billy Odhiambo, Johnstone Olindi, Jeff Oluoch, Anthony Omondi, Vincent Onyala, Alvin Otieno, Nelson Oyoo (capt.), Daniel Taabu, Kelvin Wekesa

WALES
Tom Brown, Callum Carson, Lloyd Evans, Owen Jenkins, Arthur Lennon, Lloyd Lewis, Morgan MacRae, Ewan Rosser, Francisco Souto, Cole Swannack, Luke Treharne (capt.), Morgan Williams, Tom Williams