Olympic 7’s: Final Men’s squads officially announced
With just over two weeks until Rugby Sevens makes its Olympic debut, the final squads for the men’s tournament have been announced.
Men’s tournament– 9-11 August (seeding in brackets)
Pool A: Fiji (1), USA (6), Argentina (7), Brazil (12)
Pool B: South Africa (2), Australia (5), France (8), Spain (11)
Pool C: New Zealand (3), Great Britain (4), Kenya (9), Japan (10)
Fiji:
Apisai Domolailai, Jasa Veremalua, Josua Tuisova, Kitione Taliga, Leone Nakarawa, Samisoni Viriviri, Savenaca Rawaca, Semi Kunitani, Jerry Tuwai, Vatemo Ravouvou, Viliame Mata, Osea Kolinisau (C).
Traveling reserve: Masivesi Dakuwaqa
USA:
Perry Baker, Danny Barrett, Garrett Bender, Andrew Durutalo, Nate Ebner, Madison Hughes, Carlin Isles, Folau Niua, Ben Pinkelman, Zack Test, Maka Unufe, Chris Wyles.
Traveling reserves: Three to be selected from Nate Augspurger, Will Holder, Martin Iosefo, Thretton Palamo and Shalom Suniula.
Argentina:
Santiago Alvarez, Juan Pablo Estelles, Rodrigo Etchart, Bautista Ezcurra, Juan Imhoff, Fernando Luna, Matías Moroni, Axel Muller, Gastón Revol (C), Javier Rojas, Franco Sábato, Germán Schulz.
Brazil:
Lucas Duque (C), André Silva, Arthur Bergo, Daniel Sancery, Felipe Sancery, Felipe Silva, Gustavo Albuquerque, Juliano Fiori, Laurent Bourda-Couhet, Martin Schaefer, Moisés Duque, Stefano Giantorno.
South Africa:
Kyle Brown (C), Tim Agaba, Philip Snyman, Werner Kok, Dylan Sage, Kwagga Smith, Rosko Specman, Cheslin Kolbe, Cecil Afrika, Justin Geduld, Juan de Jongh, Seabelo Senatla.
Traveling reserves: Chris Dry, Francois Hougaard
Australia:
Nick Malouf, Jesse Parahi, Henry Hutchison, Lewis Holland, James Stannard, Con Foley, Cameron Clark, Pat McCutcheon, Ed Jenkins (C), Allan Fa’alava’au, John Porch, Tom Cusack.
Traveling Reserves: TBC
France:
Jérémy Aicardi, Steeve Barry, Terry Bouhraoua (C), Julien Candelon, Damien Cler, Manoël Dall Igna, Vincent Inigo, Pierre-Gilles Lakafia, Jonathan Laugel, Stephen Parez, Virimi Vakatawa, Sacha Valleau.
Traveling Reserves: Jean-Baptiste Mazoue, Sofiane Guitoune
Spain:
Ignacio Martin, Matias Tudela, Joan Losada, Iñaki Villanueva, Javier Carrion, Pablo Feijoó, Ángel López, Francisco Hernández, Igor Genua, César Sempere, Marcos Poggi, Pol Plá.
Traveling Reserves: Pablo Fontes, Víctor Sánchez
New Zealand:
Scott Curry (C), Sam Dickson, DJ Forbes, Akira Ioane, Rieko Ioane, Gillies Kaka, Tim Mikkelson, Augustine Pulu, Teddy Stanaway, Regan Ware, Joe Webber, Sonny Bill Williams.
Traveling reserves: Sione Molia, Lewis Ormond
Great Britain:
Mark Bennett, Dan Bibby, Phil Burgess, Sam Cross, James Davies, Alex Davis, Ollie Lindsay Hague, Tom Mitchell (C), Dan Norton, James Rodwell, Mark Robertson, Marcus Watson.
Traveling reserves: Luke Treharne, Ruaridh McConnochie
Kenya:
Biko Adema, Willie Ambaka, Andrew Amonde (C), Oscar Ayodi, Collins Injera, Humphrey Kayange, Augustine Lugonzo, Bush Mwale, Billy Odhiambo, Samuel Oliech, Dennis Ombachi, Oscar Ouma.
Japan:
Kameli Seojima, Yusaku Kuwazuru (C), Lote Tuqiri, Katsuyuki Sakai, Shohei Toyoshima, Lomano Lemeki , Masakatsu Hikosaka, Kazushi Hano, Teruya Goto, Yoshitaka Tokunaga, Kenki Fukuoka, Kazuhiro Goya.