Rugby sevens at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads explained

This article shows the rosters of all participating teams at the men's rugby sevens tournament at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

Pool A

Argentina

The following is the Argentina roster in the men's rugby sevens tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics. On 9 August, Bruzzone replaced Etchart and Rojas by injury.^{[1] [2]}

Head coach: Santiago Gómez Cora

		Player	Date of birth (age)	Events	Points	Union
1	FW	Fernando Luna	2016 8, df=yes	28	178	Córdoba Athletic
2	FW	Santiago Álvarez	2016 8, df=yes	22	100	CASI
3	FW	Germán Schulz	2016 8, df=yes	18	120	Tala
4	FW	Juan Pablo Estelles	2016 8, df=yes	3	60	Atlético del Rosario
5	FW	Axel Müller	2016 8, df=yes	21	212	Marista
6	BK	Matías Moroni	2016 8, df=yes	13	139	CUBA
7	BK	Javier Rojas	2016 8, df=yes	10	243	Universitario
8	BK	Gastón Revol (c)	2016 8, df=yes	49	566	La Tablada
9	BK	Rodrigo Etchart	2016 8, df=yes	19	175	SIC
10	BK	Bautista Ezcurra	2016 8, df=yes	10	107	Hindú
11	BK	Juan Imhoff	2016 8, df=yes	2	5	Racing 92
12	BK	Franco Sábato	2016 8, df=yes	25	205	Alumni
13	BK	Nicolás Bruzzone	2016 8, df=yes	54	292	Universitario

Brazil

The following is the Brazil roster in the men's rugby sevens tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[3]

Head coach: Andrés Romagnoli

		Player	Date of birth (age)	Events	Points	Union
1	BK	Daniel Sancery	2016 8, df=yes	2	20	São José
2	FW	Martin Schaefer	2016 8, df=yes	5	5	SPAC
3	FW	Juliano Fiori	2016 8, df=yes	6	5	Richmond
4	BK	Felipe Silva	2016 8, df=yes	4	7	SPAC
5	FW	Stefano Giantorno	2016 8, df=yes	1	5	San Luis
6	BK	Moisés Duque	2016 8, df=yes	6	55	São José
7	BK	Lucas Duque (c)	2016 8, df=yes	6	42	São José
8	FW	Felipe Sancery	2016 8, df=yes	3	0	São José
9	BK	Laurent Bourda-Couhet	2016 8, df=yes	3	0	Band Saracens
10	FW	Arthur Bergo	2016 8, df=yes	1	0	SPAC
11	BK	Gustavo Albuquerque	2016 8, df=yes	6	20	Curitiba
12	BK	André Silva	2016 8, df=yes	5	20	SPAC

Fiji

The following is the Fiji roster in the men's rugby sevens tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[4]

Head coach: Ben Ryan

		Player	Date of birth (age)	Events	Points	Union
1	FW	Apisai Domolailai	2016 8, df=yes	20	117	Daveta
2	FW	Jasa Veremalua	2016 8, df=yes	24	255	Red Rock
3	FW	Semi Kunatani	2016 8, df=yes	19	295	Toulouse
4	FW	Viliame Mata	2016 8, df=yes	9	55	Edinburgh
5	FW	Leone Nakarawa	2016 8, df=yes	7	35	Racing 92
6	BK	Kitione Taliga	2016 8, df=yes	9	183	Wardens
7	BK	Osea Kolinisau (c)	2016 8, df=yes	52	1,026	Covenant Brothers
8	BK	Josua Tuisova	2016 8, df=yes	2	30	Toulon
9	BK	Jerry Tuwai	2016 8, df=yes	18	222	Daveta
10	BK	Samisoni Nasagavesi	2016 8, df=yes	24	520	Montauban
11	BK	Savenaca Rawaca	2016 8, df=yes	16	385	Saracens
12	BK	Vatemo Ravouvou	2016 8, df=yes	12	542	Westfield Dragons
13	FW	Masivesi Dakuwaqa	2016 8, df=yes	5	55	Westfield Dragons

United States

The following is the American roster in the men's rugby sevens tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[5]

Head coach: Mike Friday

		Player	Date of birth (age)	Events	Points	Union
1	BK	Carlin Isles	2016 8, df=yes	29	390
2	FW	Ben Pinkelman	2016 8, df=yes	7	40	Denver Barbarians
3	FW	Danny Barrett	2016 8, df=yes	23	167
4	FW	Garrett Bender	2016 8, df=yes	24	55
5	FW	Zack Test	2016 8, df=yes	62	721
6	FW	Andrew Durutalo	2016 8, df=yes	30	132	Sunwolves
7	BK	Folau Niua	2016 8, df=yes	40	390
8	BK	Maka Unufe	2016 8, df=yes	23	200
9	BK	Chris Wyles	2016 8, df=yes	13	270	Saracens
10	BK	Madison Hughes (c)	2016 8, df=yes	23	725
11	BK	Perry Baker	2016 8, df=yes	19	380
12	FW	Nate Ebner	2016 8, df=yes	3	10	New England Patriots

Pool B

Australia

The following is the Australia roster in the men's rugby sevens tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[6] Tom Kingston replaced injured Lewis Holland after he injured his hamstring on Day 1.^[7]

Head coach: Andy Friend

		Player	Date of birth (age)	Events	Points	Union
1	FW	Nick Malouf	August 11, 2016	22	175	University of Queensland
2	FW	Jesse Parahi	August 11, 2016	35	125	Northern Suburbs
3	BK	Henry Hutchison	August 11, 2016	7	135	Randwick
4	BK	Lewis Holland	August 11, 2016	31	469	Queanbeyan Whites
5	BK	James Stannard	August 11, 2016	31	794	Souths
6	FW	Con Foley	August 11, 2016	42	309	University of Queensland
7	BK	Cameron Clark	August 11, 2016	30	632	Northern Suburbs
8	FW	Pat McCutcheon	August 11, 2016	14	100	Sydney University
9	FW	Ed Jenkins (c)	August 11, 2016	45	522	Sydney University
10	FW	Allan Fa'alava'au	August 11, 2016	28	257	Endeavour Hills
11	BK	John Porch	August 11, 2016	5	62	Northern Suburbs
12	FW	Tom Cusack	August 11, 2016	15	60	Canberra Royals
13	BK	Tom Kingston	August 11, 2016	9	45	Sydney Stars

France

The following is the France roster in the men's rugby sevens tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[8]

Head coach: Frédéric Pomarel

		Player	Date of birth (age)	Events	Points	Union
1	FW	Jonathan Laugel	2016 8, df=yes	40	95
2	FW	Manoël Dall'igna	2016 8, df=yes	50	255
3	FW	Damien Cler	2016 8, df=yes	10	65
4	BK	Terry Bouhraoua (c)	2016 8, df=yes	37	915
5	BK	Stephen Parez	2016 8, df=yes	24	273
6	BK	Steeve Barry	2016 8, df=yes	39	274	Stade Rochelais
7	BK	Virimi Vakatawa	2016 8, df=yes	16	300
8	FW	Pierre-Gilles Lakafia	2016 8, df=yes	21	115
9	BK	Jérémy Aicardi	2016 8, df=yes	16	114
10	BK	Julien Candelon	2016 8, df=yes	35	546
11	FW	Sacha Valleau	2016 8, df=yes	10	42
12	BK	Vincent Inigo	2016 8, df=yes	29	109

South Africa

The following is the South Africa roster in the men's rugby sevens tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[9]

Head coach: Neil Powell

		Player	Date of birth (age)	Events	Points	Union
1	BK	Dylan Sage	2016 8, df=yes	7	40	SARU
2	FW	Philip Snyman	2016 8, df=yes	37	211	SARU
3	FW	Tim Agaba	2016 8, df=yes	7	25	SARU
4	FW	Kwagga Smith	2016 8, df=yes	24	250	SARU
5	FW	Werner Kok	2016 8, df=yes	19	210	SARU
6	FW	Kyle Brown (c)	2016 8, df=yes	56	385	SARU
7	BK	Cheslin Kolbe	2016 8, df=yes	12	192	Stormers
8	BK	Rosko Specman	2016 8, df=yes	13	169	SARU
9	BK	Justin Geduld	2016 8, df=yes	25	558	SARU
10	BK	Cecil Afrika	2016 8, df=yes	45	1,123	SARU
11	BK	Seabelo Senatla	2016 8, df=yes	29	785	Stormers
12	BK	Juan de Jongh	2016 8, df=yes	6	40	Stormers
13	BK	Francois Hougaard	2016 8, df=yes	6	25	Worcester Warriors

Spain

The following is Spain's roster in the men's rugby sevens tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[10]

Head coach: José Ignacio Incháusti

		Player	Date of birth (age*)	Events	Points	Union
1	FW	Ignacio Martín	2016 8, df=yes	11	129	Bera Bera
2	FW	Matías Tudela (c)	2016 8, df=yes	16	45	Tatami
3	FW	Iñaki Villanueva	2016 8, df=yes	2	5	Complutense Cisneros
4	BK	Pablo Feijoo	2016 8, df=yes	12	69	Complutense Cisneros
5	BK	Ángel López	2016 8, df=yes	13	39	Complutense Cisneros
6	FW	Francisco Hernández	2016 8, df=yes	9	82	Complutense Cisneros
7	BK	Marcos Poggi	2016 8, df=yes	8	40	Complutense Cisneros
8	BK	César Sempere	2016 8, df=yes	4	112	Tatami
9	BK	Igor Genua	2016 8, df=yes	5	34	Hernani
10	BK	Joan Losada	2016 8, df=yes	1	5	FC Barcelona
11	BK	Pol Pla	2016 8, df=yes	0	0	FC Barcelona
12	BK	Javier Carrión	2016 8, df=yes	16	67	La Vila
Ages given as in 2016.

Pool C

Great Britain

The following is the Great Britain roster in the men's rugby sevens tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[11]

Head coach: Simon Amor

		Player	Country	Date of birth (age)	Events	Points	Union
1	FW	Mark Robertson		August 11, 2016	47	426
2	BK	Ruaridh McConnochie		August 11, 2016	9	45
3	FW	Phil Burgess		August 11, 2016	22	212
4	BK	Dan Norton		August 11, 2016	57	1,064
5	FW	James Rodwell		August 11, 2016	69	445
6	BK	Tom Mitchell (c)		August 11, 2016	34	897	Harlequins
7	BK	Dan Bibby		August 11, 2016	25	321
8	FW	James Davies		August 11, 2016	14	180	Scarlets
9	BK	Ollie Lindsay-Hague		August 11, 2016	15	110	Harlequins
10	FW	Sam Cross		August 11, 2016	27	170	Newport
11	BK	Marcus Watson		August 11, 2016	32	424	Newcastle Falcons
12	BK	Mark Bennett		August 11, 2016	2	35	Glasgow Warriors

Japan

The following is the Japan roster in the men's rugby sevens tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[12]

Head coach: Tomohiro Segawa

		Player	Date of birth (age)	Events	Points	Union
1	BK	Lomano Lemeki	August 11, 2016	14	221	Honda Heat
2	FW	Lote Tuqiri	August 11, 2016	20	125	Kubota Spears
3	FW	Yoshitaka Tokunaga	August 11, 2016	3	5	Toshiba Brave Lupus
4	FW	Yusaku Kuwazuru (c)	August 11, 2016	31	45	Coca-Cola Red Sparks
5	FW	Kameli Soejima	August 11, 2016	8	92	Genkai Tangaroa
6	FW	Masakatsu Hikosaka	August 11, 2016	12	35	Toyota Verblitz
7	BK	Katsuyuki Sakai	August 11, 2016	23	424	Toyota Industries Shuttles
8	BK	Kazushi Hano	August 11, 2016	13	45	NTT Communications Shining Arcs
9	BK	Shohei Toyoshima	August 11, 2016	11	105	Toshiba Brave Lupus
10	BK	Teruya Goto	August 11, 2016	4	15	NEC Green Rockets
11	BK	Kenki Fukuoka	August 11, 2016	2	10	Panasonic Wild Knights
12	BK	Kazuhiro Goya	August 11, 2016	12	53	Kubota Spears

Kenya

The following is the Kenya roster in the men's rugby sevens tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics - age represents each players age when the Olympics took place.^[13]

Head coach: Benjamin Ayimba

		Player	Date of birth (age)	Events	Points	Union
1	BK	Oscar Ayodi	August 11, 2016	26	180	Homeboyz
2	FW	Bush Mwale	August 11, 2016	13	75	Homeboyz
3	FW	Oscar Ouma Achieng	August 11, 2016	32	320	Nakuru
4	BK	Lugonzo Ligamy	August 11, 2016	10	51	Homeboyz
5	BK	Billy Odhiambo	August 11, 2016	27	250	Strathmore University
6	FW	Humphrey Kayange	August 11, 2016	67	799	Mwamba
7	BK	Biko Adema	August 11, 2016	53	702	Nondescripts
8	FW	Andrew Amonde (c)	August 11, 2016	48	170	Kenya Commercial Bank
9	FW	Dennis Ombachi	August 11, 2016	22	130	Mwamba
10	BK	Samuel Oliech	August 11, 2016	6	99	Impala Saracens
11	BK	Collins Injera	August 11, 2016	66	1,211	Mwamba
12	FW	Willy Ambaka	August 11, 2016	29	325	Kenya Harlequin

New Zealand

The following is the New Zealand roster in the men's rugby sevens tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[14]

Head coach: Gordon Tietjens

		Player	Date of birth (age)	Events	Points	Union
1	FW	Scott Curry (c)	August 5, 2016	31	360	Bay of Plenty
2	BK	Tim Mikkelson	August 5, 2016	62	882	Waikato
3	FW	Akira Ioane	August 5, 2016	9	77	Blues
4	FW	DJ Forbes	August 5, 2016	79	687	Counties Manukau
5	BK	Lewis Ormond	August 5, 2016	8	82	Taranaki
6	BK	Augustine Pulu	August 5, 2016	6	45	Blues
7	FW	Sam Dickson	August 5, 2016	29	232	Canterbury
8	BK	Gillies Kaka	August 5, 2016	30	721	Hawke's Bay
9	BK	Regan Ware	August 5, 2016	9	85	Bay of Plenty
10	BK	Rieko Ioane	August 5, 2016	10	265	Blues
11	BK	Joe Webber	August 5, 2016	23	357	Bay of Plenty
12	BK	Sonny Bill Williams	August 5, 2016	6	20	Blues
13	BK	Sione Molia	August 5, 2016	6	35	Counties Manukau

See also

• Rugby sevens at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's team squads

External links

• – Rio 2016 Olympic Coverage

Notes and References

1. Web site: Argentina World Cup duo selected for the Rio . . 21 July 2016.
2. http://www.ellitoral.com/index.php/id_um/134384-un-guino-del-destino-nicolas-bruzzone-participara-de-los-jjoo-seleccionado-de-rugby El Litoral
3. News: 8 July 2016. CBRu convoca seleções masculina e feminina para os Jogos Olímpicos. CBRu calls men's and women's teams to the Olympic Games. Brazilian Olympic Committee. 9 July 2016.
4. News: Fiji's Team To Rio. 20 July 2016. Fiji Association of Sports and National Olympic.
5. News: 18 July 2016. USA Rugby Names 2016 U.S. Olympic Men's Rugby Team. usarugby.org. 18 July 2016.
6. News: 14 July 2016. Rio 2016: Olympic squads named by Australia for rugby sevens debut at Games. ABC News. 19 July 2016.
7. News: Payten. Iain. Star playmaker Lewis Holland ruled out of remaining games as Aussie campaign derails. 10 August 2016. Daily Telegraph. 10 August 2016.
8. News: France 7s – Olympic Games Men's Sevens. 24 July 2016. World Rugby.
9. News: South Africa 7s – Olympic Games Men's Sevens. 24 July 2016. World Rugby.
10. News: 19 July 2016. Los Leones olimpicos. Federación Española de Rugby. 19 July 2016.
11. News: 19 July 2016. Team GB Names 2016 GB Olympic Men's Rugby Team. teamgb.com. 19 July 2016.
12. News: Japan 7s – Olympic Games Men's Sevens. 24 July 2016. World Rugby.
13. News: Kenya 7s – Olympic Games Men's Sevens. 24 July 2016. World Rugby.
14. News: 3 July 2016. Historic first for Rugby Sevens as 24 athletes named for Olympic Games. New Zealand Olympic Committee. 4 July 2016.

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