Americas’ Rosters For Singapore 7’s

The HSBC Sevens Series continues this weekend. Hosting the event will be Singapore. Sixteen countries will compete in the Asian city-state, thee of these are from the Americas. Argentina, Canada and the USA are all enjoying positive seasons and enter the tournament targeting solid results.

As was proven one year ago the competition can be unpredictable. The winners in 2016 were non other than Kenya. The shock result made the 2016 Olympics all the tougher to predict. Ultimately Kenya did not perform to the same level but there were other upsets.

This weekend’s competition will see Pumas of the future playing for Argentina. World Rugby profiled Matías Osadczuk during the week. He is to be joined by Americas Rugby Championship players including Fernando Luna, Nicolás Menedez, Lautaro Bazán Vélez, German Schultz and Santiago Alvarez. Former French-based professional Javier Rojas is another notable player involved.

Canada enter with a number of highly regarded athletes. The country’s first player to pass 1,000 points, Nathan Hirayama is one case in point. John Moonlight and Harry Jones joined Hirayama at Rugby World Cup 2015.

The USA came close to going all the way in Hong Kong. Madison Hughes spoke during the week about what might have been. He is joined by a host of dangerous players and names John Mitchell may look to for the June Internationals. They include Danny Barrett, Mike Te’o, Andrew Durutalo and Folau Niua. Perry Baker remains among the best in the business.

ARGENTINA
Renzo Barbier, Lucas Belloto, Fernando Luna, Nicolás Menendez, Jose Barros Sosa, Matías Osadczuk, Lautaro Bazán Vélez, Felipe del Mestre, Gaston Revól, German Schulz, Franco Sabato, Javier Rojas, Santiago Alvarez

CANADA
Matt Mullins, Jared Douglas, Mike Fuailefau, John Moonlight, Luke McCloskey, Isaac Kaay, Lucas Hammond, Justin Douglas, Nathan Hirayama, Pat Kay, Harry Jones, Luke Bradley, Tevaughn Campbell

USA
Anthony Welmers, Ben Pinkelman, Danny Barrett, Matai Leuta, Mike Te’o, Andrew Durutalo, Folau Niua, Maka Unufe, Stephen Tomasin, Madison Hughes, Perry Baker, Martin Iosefo, Malon Aljiboori

Day One Fixtures (Local Time)
Argentina vs Kenya, 11:00am
Australia vs Samoa, 11:22am
England vs France – 11:44am
South Africa vs Japan – 12:06pm
Canada vs Russia – 12:30pm
Fiji vs Hong Kong – 12:52pm
New Zealand vs Scotland, 1:14pm
USA vs Wales, 1:36pm
Argentina vs Samoa, 2:00pm
Australia vs Kenya, 2:22pm
England vs Japan, 2:44pm
South Africa vs France, 3:06pm
Canada vs Hong Kong, 3:28pm
Fiji vs Russia, 3:50pm
New Zealand vs Wales, 4:12pm
USA vs Scotland, 4:34pm
Kenya vs Samoa, 5:56pm
Australia vs Argentina, 6:18pm
France vs Japan, 6:40pm
South Africa vs England, 7:02pm
Russia vs Hong Kong, 7:44pm
Fiji vs Canada, 8:06pm
Scotland vs Wales, 8:28pm
USA vs New Zealand, 8:50pm