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Having already qualified for the Rugby World Cup Sevens in San Francisco, Argentina will cast their net further for the second leg of the Sudamérica Sevens series. The young, experimental side selected for the first leg in Punta del Este will see three changes for in Viña del Mar.
Severiano Escobio, Maximiliano Filizzola, and Matías Freyre will not make the trip to Chile. Going in their place will be Los Matreros loose forward Marcos Amorisa, Pumitas fullback Juan Pablo Castro, and Agustín Segura, another outside back originally from Catamarca who now plays for Jockey Córdoba.
Viña del Mar begins on January 13, one week after Punta del Este. The team will be coached by former Pumas winger Lucas Borges, a member of the 2007 World Cup team.
LOS PUMAS 7s
Marcos Amorisa (Los Matreros), Renzo Barbier (San Luis), José Barros Sosa (Tucumán Lawn Tennis), Estanislao Bay (CRAI), Lucas Bellotto (Huirapuca), Tomás Buckley (Pucará), Lucas Busdrago (Jockey Córdoba), Juan Pablo Castro (San Juan), Maximo Provenzano (Alumni), Alejandro Rocha (Alumni), Santos Rubio (SIC), Agustín Segura (Jockey Córdoba)
