It’s another weekend in Spain for the World Sevens Series. This week the circuit moves west from the coast to Seville’s Estadio de La Cartuja. It’s the first World Series appearance for the venue.
There will be a complete roster of 12 teams this week as Portugal steps in to take the place of Fiji, whose games were effectively byes last weekend. Meanwhile nine teams have made personnel changes from the squads that took part in Málaga.
Brazil recall two of their most dynamic attackers in Bianca Silva and Marcelle Sousa, with Eshyllen Coimbra and Isadora Lopes making way. Karen Paquin is out and Elissa Alarie in for Canada, and Ilona Maher is replaced by Sui A’au for the USA.
TEAM | OUT | IN |
Australia | Cassandra Staples Bienne Terita Jakiya Whitfield |
Rhiannon Byers Teagan Levi Sharni Williams |
Belgium | Cristina Pecoraro Nele Pien |
Louise Liegeois Héloïse Stévins |
Brazil | Eshyllen Coimbra Isadora Lopes |
Bianca Silva Marcelle Souza |
Canada | Karen Paquin | Elissa Alarie |
France | Lina Guérin Nassia Konde Carla Neisen Séraphine Okemba |
Montserrat Amedée Anne-Cécile Ciofani Chloé Jacquet Lou Noël |
Ireland | Megan Burns | Kathy Baker |
Russia | Olga Pestova | Nadezhda Sozonova |
Spain | Ingrid Algar Iera Echebarría |
María Calvo Ceci Huarte Sebastián |
USA | Ilona Maher | Sui A’au |
The tournament begins on Friday at 6am Eastern time (3am Pacific). 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.
POOL A
CANADA
Elissa Alarie, Olivia Apps, Fancy Bermudez, Pamphinette Buisa, Emma Chown, Alysha Corrigan, Chloe Daniels, Olivia de Couvreur, Paige Farries, Nakisa Levale, Breanne Nicholas (capt.), Sabrina Poulin, Alex Tessier
ENGLAND
Ellie Boatman, Abbie Brown (co-capt.), Abi Burton, Heather Cowell, Grace Crompton, Tatyana Heard, Megan Jones (co-capt.), Alicia Maude, Chantelle Miell, Isla Norman-Bell, Kelly Smith, Georgina Tasker, Emma Uren
PORTUGAL
Leonor Amaral, Daniela Correia, María João Costa, Yara Fonseca, Marta Inácio, Inês Marques, Mariana Marques, Vanessa Nunes, Beatriz Oliveira, Isabel Ozório, Mariana Santos, Vera Simões, Inês Spínola Duarte
USA
Sui A’au, Kayla Canett, Lauren Doyle (capt.), Cheta Emba, Jasmine Gray, Nicole Heavirland, Mata Hingano, Kristi Kirshe, Sarah Levy, Alena Olsen, Alex Sedrick, Naya Tapper, Kris Thomas
POOL B
BRAZIL
Andressa Alves, Luiza Campos (capt.), Thalia Costa, Thalita Costa, Marina Fioravanti, Aline Furtado, Raquel Kochhann, Gabriela Lima, Mariana Nicolau, Edna Santini, Bianca Silva, Leila Silva, Marcelle Souza
IRELAND
Kathy Baker, Claire Boles, Kate Farrell-McCabe, Stacey Flood, Katie Heffernan, Eve Higgins, Brittany Hogan, Erin King, Emily Lane, Anna McGann, Lucy Mulhall (capt.), Amee-Leigh Murphy-Crowe, Beibhinn Parsons
POLAND
Julia Druzgala, Anna Klichowska (capt.), Malgorzata Koldej, Aleksandra Lachowka, Aleksandra Lesniak, Hanna Maliszewska, Marta Morus, Natalia Pamieta, Oksana Panasenko, Sylwia Witkowska, Patrycja Zawadzka
RUSSIA
Asiyat Alieva, Anna Baranchuk, Viktoria Em, Diana Glushenko, Baizat Khamidova, Snezhanna Kulkova, Nadezhda Medvedeva, Daria Noritsina, Kristina Seredina, Daria Shestakova, Nadezhda Sozonova, Alena Tiron (capt.), Elena Zdrokova
POOL C
AUSTRALIA
Madison Ashby, Rhiannon Byers, Charlotte Caslick, Lily Dick, Dominique du Toit, Demi Hayes (capt.), Tia Hinds, Alysia Lefau-Faka’osilea, Maddison Levi, Teagan Levi, Faith Nathan, Sariah Paki, Sharni Williams
BELGIUM
Ella Amory, Cécile Blondiau, Shari Claes, Ciska de Grave, Pauline Gernaey, Loes Hubrecht, Margaux Lalli (capt.), Louise Liegeois, Emilie Musch, Manon Nairac, Margaux Pierson, Héloïse Stévins, Margaux Stévins
FRANCE
Montserrat Amedée, Coralie Bertrand, Anne-Cécile Ciofani, Mathilde Coutouly, Camille Grassineau, Joanna Grisez, Chloé Jacquet, Ian Jason, Valentine Lothoz, Lou Noël, Chloé Pelle, Jade Ulutule (capt.), Yolaine Yengo
SPAIN
Eva Aguirre, María Calvo, Bruna Elías, Amalia Argudo, Beatriz Domínguez Sánchez, Lea Ducher, Amaia Erbina, Anne Fernández de Corres (capt.), Olivia Fresneda, María García Gala, Ceci Huarte Sebastián, Clara Piquero, Paula Requena