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Men’s team profiles and biographies – Vancouver ALL-TIME MEN’S HSBC WORLD RUGBY SEVENS SERIES SCORING STATISTICS 1999-2020 POINTS: 298,963 TRIES: 47,699 CONVERSIONS: 30,023 PENALTIES: 104 DROP GOALS: 15 TOP POINT SCORER: BEN GOLLINGS (ENGLAND) – 2,652 TOP TRY SCORER: DAN NORTON (ENGLAND) – 354 Page 2 of 61 HSBC WORLD RUGBY SEVENS SERIES 2020 SCORING STATISTICS POINTS: 7,132 TRIES: 1,132 CONVERSIONS: 730 PENALTIES: 0 DROP GOALS: 0 TOP POINT SCORER: NAPOLIONI BOLACA (FIJI) – 128 TOP TRY SCORER: JORDAN CONROY (IRELAND) – 23 Page 3 of 61 ARGENTINA Head coach: Santiago Gómez Cora Captain: Santiago Alvarez Nickname: Los Pumas Sevens World Series record: 1999-2000 – Seventh / 2000-01 – Sixth / 2001-02 – Sixth / 2002-03 – Seventh / 2003-04 – Third / 2004-05 – Fifth / 2005-06 – Sixth / 2006-07 – 10th / 2007-08 – Sixth / 2008-09 – Fifth / 2009-10 – Seventh / 2010-11 – Eighth / 2011-12 – Seventh / 2012-13 – 10th / 2013-14 – Ninth / 2014-15 – Eighth / 2015-16 – Fifth / 2016-17 – Ninth / 2018 – Seventh / 2019 – Ninth 2020 Series standing: 8 Did you know…? • Argentina’s only series titles have both come on USA soil, in Los Angeles in 2004 and San Diego in 2009 • Other Cup finals … Cape Town in 2015-16, George (RSA) 2005-06, Wellington and Los Angeles in 2004-05, Hong Kong and Singapore in 2003-04, Cardiff in 2002-03, Durban and Shanghai in 2001-02 • Argentina qualified for Tokyo 2020 by winning the Sudamerica Rugby qualifier in June Shirt Name DOB (Age) Height Weight Club / Province Events Points Tries Notes # (cm) (kg) Santiago 25/07/78 Head coach 63 1,178 230 - Appointed Argentina men’s coach in 2013 after previously Gómez Cora (41) coaching women’s team - Former Argentina Sevens player, featuring on world series from 2000-10 - First player to score 200 series tries - Former all-time leading try-scorer in world series history (joint-fourth now with 230) - Played at RWC Sevens 2005 and 2009, scoring five tries in total 1 Joaquin de la 26/05/98 193 100 Newman 2 5 1 - First appearance on 2020 series, last played on series in Vega (21) Vancouver in 2019 - Made Argentina debut on series in Las Vegas in 2019 - Captained Argentina at World Rugby U20 Championship in 2018 (15s) Page 4 of 61 - Older brother Tomas played 12 tests for Argentina from 2011-14 as well as at Argentina XV and U20 levels (15s) 2 Lucio Cinti 23/02/00 190 90 La Plata 5 25 5 - Made first appearance of 2020 series in Los Angeles (20) - Had last played on series in Sydney in 2019 - Made Argentina debut on series in Dubai in 2018 3 German Schulz 05/02/94 188 95 Tala 42 315 63 - Scored his 50th series try in Singapore in 2019 (26) - Made Argentina debut on series in Las Vegas in 2014 - Played at RWC Sevens 2018 - Played at Rio 2016 Olympic Games - Played three tests for Argentina in 2013 (2) and 2017 (15s) - Played for Argentina XV from 2017-18 (15s) - Former Argentina U20 player (15s) 4 Marcos Moroni 10/07/95 190 88 CUBA/Buenos 19 100 20 - Made Argentina debut on series in Dubai in 2017 (24) Aires - Played at RWC Sevens 2018 - Top try-scorer in Dubai in 2018 with seven - Named in HSBC Dream Team in Dubai in 2018 - Younger brother of Matias Moroni who played at RWC Sevens 2013, Rio 2016 Olympic Games and RWC 2019 (15s) 5 Rodrigo 24/01/94 176 85 SIC/Buenos 33 302 60 - Made first appearance of 2019 series in Cape Town Etchart (26) Aires - Made Argentina debut on series on Gold Coast in 2014 - Captained Argentina in four tournaments in 2014-15 series - Played at Rio 2016 Olympic Games - Former Argentina U20 player (15s) 6 Santiago 17/02/94 188 93 CASI 43 179 35 - Injured on eve of Cape Town event so did not play Alvarez (26) - Made Argentina debut on series in Dubai in 2013 (captain) - Played at RWC Sevens 2018 - Played at Rio 2016 Olympic Games - Played three tests for Argentina in 2013 (15s) - Played for Argentina XV from 2016-18 (15s) - Former Argentina U20 player (15s) 7 Lautaro Bazan 24/02/96 174 80 Cordoba 30 383 53 - Played in opening round in Dubai but missed next three Velez (24) Athletic / rounds of 2020 series Cordoba - Scored his 50th series try in Paris - Played at RWC Sevens 2018 - Made Argentina debut on series in Dubai in 2016 Page 5 of 61 - Silver medallist at Youth Olympic Games 2014 in Nanjing - Played for Argentina XV in 2016-17 (15s) - Former Argentina U20 player (15s) – played in three World Rugby U20 Championships 8 Gastón Revol 26/11/86 170 76 La Tablada / 80 923 55 - Became sixth player to reach 80 events in Los Angeles (33) Cordoba - Played his 75th series tournament in Paris in 2019 - Became the first Argentinian to play in 70 series tournaments in Hamilton in 2019 - Made Argentina debut on series in London in 2009 - Has kicked the most penalties in series history with six - Played at RWC Sevens 2013 and 2018 - Played at Rio 2016 Olympic Games 9 Matias 22/04/97 191 96 CITAS 23 305 61 - Scored his 50th series try in Dubai in 2019 Osadczuk (22) - Played at RWC Sevens 2018 - Made Argentina debut on series in Dubai in 2016 - Named 2016-17 series Rookie of the Year - Played for Argentina XV in all five matches of their Americas Rugby Championship 2019 winning campaign (15s) - Also played for Argentina XV in World Rugby Americas Pacific Challenge in October 2018 (15s) - Played at World Rugby U20 Championship in 2016 (15s) 10 Santiago Mare 21/10/96 184 92 Regatas / 26 308 24 - Made Argentina debut on series in Paris in 2017 (23) Buenos Aires - Played at RWC Sevens 2018 11 Tomas Vanni 28/01/00 172 75 Universitario 7 12 2 - Called up as injury replacement in Los Angeles (20) - Made first appearance of 2020 series in Hamilton - Made Argentina debut on series in Hong Kong in 2019 12 Marcos 07/03/00 185 75 San Andres 3 45 9 - Celebrates his 20th birthday on day one in Vancouver Moneta (19) - First appearance of 2020 series, having last played in Singapore in 2019 - Made Argentina debut on series in Hong Kong in 2019 after being called up as an injury replacement - Scored on his series debut against Fiji - Played for Argentina in World Rugby U20 Championship 2019 on home soil (15s) Page 6 of 61 13 Rodrigo Isgro 24/03/99 185 95 Los Pumas 3 25 5 - Made Argentina debut on series in Hamilton in 2020 (20) Sevens - Played for Argentina in World Rugby U20 Championship 2019 on home soil (15s) Information correct at time of publication. Page 7 of 61 AUSTRALIA Head coach: Tim Walsh Captain: Nick Malouf World Series record: 1999-2000 – Third / 2000-01 – Runners-up / 2001-02 – Fifth / 2002-03 – Fifth / 2003-04 – Eighth / 2004-05 – Seventh / 2005-06 – Eighth / 2006-07 – Seventh / 2007-08 – Eighth / 2008-09 – Eighth / 2009-10 – Third / 2010-11 – Sixth / 2011-12 – Sixth / 2012-13 – Eighth / 2013-14 – Fifth / 2014-15 – Fifth / 2015-16 – Fourth / 2016-17 – Sixth / 2018 – Fourth / 2019 – Seventh 2020 Series standing: 6 Did you know…? • Australia’s first match on day two in Vancouver will be their 1,000th in series history – the fourth (of fifth if Samoa play first) team to reach the milestone after New Zealand, Fiji and South Africa • Australia’s last title came on home soil in Sydney in 2018 when they did the double alongside the women’s team • Australia qualified for Tokyo 2020 by winning the Oceania regional qualifier in November. 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    SUBSCRIPTION MONDAY, MAY 15, 2017 SHABAN 19, 1438 AH www.kuwaittimes.net ‘Dean of Saudi North Korea Portugal’s Hamilton journalism’ fires missile big-hearted wins thrilling Sudairi that lands in crooner wins Spanish passes away5 sea near7 Russia Eurovision38 Grand18 Prix 200,000 victims hit by Min 28º Max 41º High Tide global cyber attack 03:18 & 13:35 Low Tide Businesses brace for new week as ransomware threat lingers 08:20 & 21:12 40 PAGES NO: 17228 150 FILS LONDON: The unprecedented global cyber attack has hit more than 200,000 victims in scores of countries, Europol said yesterday, warning that the situation could escalate when people return to work. An international manhunt was well under way for the plotters behind the world’s biggest-ever computer ransom assault. The indiscrimi- nate attack, which began Friday, struck banks, hospitals and government agencies in more than 150 countries, exploiting known vulnerabilities in old Microsoft com- puter operating systems. US package delivery giant FedEx, European car facto- ries, Spanish telecoms giant Telefonica, Britain’s health service and Germany’s Deutsche Bahn rail network were among those hit. Europol executive director Rob Wainwright said the situation could worsen today as workers return to their offices after the weekend and log on. “We’ve never seen anything like this,” the head of the European Union’s policing agency told Britain’s ITV televi- sion, calling its reach “unprecedented”. “The latest count is over 200,000 victims in at least 150 countries. Many of those victims will be businesses, including large corporations. We’re in the face of an esca- lating threat.