Men’s team stats and biographies – Paris ALL-TIME MEN’S HSBC WORLD RUGBY SEVENS SERIES SCORING STATISTICS 1999-2019 POINTS: 289,892 TRIES: 46,218 CONVERSIONS: 29,085 PENALTIES: 104 DROP GOALS: 15 TOP POINT SCORER: BEN GOLLINGS (ENG) – 2,652 TOP TRY SCORER: DAN NORTON (ENG) – 338 Page 2 of 50 HSBC WORLD RUGBY SEVENS SERIES 2019 SCORING STATISTICS POINTS: 15,820 TRIES: 2,531 CONVERSIONS: 1,571 PENALTIES: 3 DROP GOALS: 0 TOP POINT SCORER: ANDREW KNEWSTUBB (NEW ZEALAND) – 268 TOP TRY SCORER: CARLIN ISLES (USA) – 47 Page 3 of 50 ARGENTINA Head coach: Santiago Gómez Cora Captain: Gastón Revol 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 Series ranking: 9 Did you know…? • Argentina won their 500th series match in London, their third match in Paris will be their 950th in history • Argentina’s only series titles have both come on USA soil, in Los Angeles in 2004 and San Diego in 2009 • Argentina were runners-up in Las Vegas in 2018, one of two Cup finals they reached last series (Cape Town), and fourth in 2019 • Argentina had the top try scorers in Dubai (Moroni) and Cape Town (Sabato) – the first time this has happened in consecutive events in series history • 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 Shirt Full name Known as DOB (Age) Height Weight Club / Province Notes # (cm) (kg) Santiago 25/07/78 (40) Head coach - Played at RWC Sevens 2005 and 2009, scoring five tries in total Gómez Cora - Appointed Argentina men’s coach in 2013 after previously coaching women’s team - Former Argentina Sevens player, featuring on world series from 2000-10 - Former all-time leading try-scorer in world series history (third now with 230) - Top try scorer in Wellington in 2002 with 10 tries 1 Fernando Luna 12/05/90 (29) 186 87 Cordoba - Called up as a 13th player in Singapore Athletic / - Made Argentina debut on series in Hong Kong in 2012 Cordoba - Before Hamilton, the last time had played on series was in Sydney in 2018 - Played at Rio 2016 Olympic Games - Played one test for Argentina in 2011 (15s) - Former Argentina U20 players (15s) Page 4 of 50 - Kicked winning penalty in only match to go to kicking competition in World Rugby U20 Championship history – v Wales in 2010 2 Renzo Barbier 08/11/90 (28) 188 100 San Luis - Unused 13th player in Hamilton - Made Argentina debut on series in Dubai in 2015 3 German Schulz 05/02/94 (25) 188 95 Tala - Scored his 50th series try in Singapore - 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 Francisco Ulloa 27/08/97 (21) 178 75 Newman - Made Argentina debut on series in Las Vegas in 2019 - Also played in Vancouver and Hong Kong 5 Tomas Vanni 28/01/00 (19) 172 75 Universitario - Made Argentina debut on series in Hong Kong in 2019 6 Felipe del 25/09/93 (25) 186 87 Pucara/Buenos - First appearance of 2019 series, last played in Singapore in 2018 Mestre Aires - Made Argentina debut on series in Wellington in 2017 7 Lautaro Bazan 24/02/96 (23) 174 80 Cordoba - Needs two tries to score 50 on series Velez Athletic / - Played at RWC Sevens 2018 Cordoba - Made Argentina debut on series in Dubai in 2016 - Played all 10 rounds of 2018 series - 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 (32) 170 76 La Tablada / - Will play his 75th series tournament in Paris this weekend (captain) Cordoba - Resumes captaincy in London with Santiago Alvarez ruled out - Returned to squad in Hong Kong after missing Las Vegas and Vancouver - Became the first Argentinian to play in 70 series tournaments in Hamilton - Made Argentina debut on series in London in 2009 - Played at RWC Sevens 2013 and 2018 - Played at Rio 2016 Olympic Games 9 Matias 22/04/97 (22) 191 96 CITAS - Needs four tries to score 50 on series Osadczuk - Hong Kong was first appearance on the 2019 series - Played at RWC Sevens 2018 - Made Argentina debut on series in Dubai in 2016 Page 5 of 50 - 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 (22) 184 92 Regatas / - Returns after missing London round Buenos Aires - Made Argentina debut on series in Paris in 2017 - Played at RWC Sevens 2018 11 Luciano 10/04/97 (22) 185 85 La Tablada / - Needs four tries to score 50 on series Gonzalez Cordoba - Made Argentina debut on series in Wellington in 2017 - Played at RWC Sevens 2018 12 Franco Sabato 13/01/90 (29) 186 81 Alumni / - Played his 50th series event in London last weekend, fourth Argentinian to Buenos Aires reach mark after Revol, Santiago Gomez Cora and Nicolas Bruzzone - Made Argentina debut on series in Glasgow in 2012 - Rugby Ambassador for Youth Olympic Games 2018 in Buenos Aires - Played at RWC Sevens 2018 - Played at Rio 2016 Olympic Games 13 Maximo 04/05/90 (29) 175 80 Alumni - Called upon as an injury replacement in London last weekend Provenzano - Made first appearance on 2019 series in Las Vegas in 2019, also played in Vancouver - Made Argentina debut on series in Sydney in 2018 - Played at RWC Sevens 2018 Page 6 of 50 AUSTRALIA Head coach: Tim Walsh Co-captains: Lewis Holland 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 Series ranking: 6 Did you know…? • Australia reached their first final since Singapore 2018 in London but couldn’t add to their 2010 title after losing to Fiji • Australia need three wins to reach 600 in series history • Australia have announced the signing of sprinter Trae Williams to their programme for next two years • They were losing Challenge Trophy semi-finalists in Hong Kong, their worst result of the 2019 series • Australia won the HSBC Sydney Sevens and were runners-up in Singapore in 2018 • Australia’s previous Cup title came in Tokyo in 2012 • Also won Cup titles in London in 2010, Brisbane in 2002, Wellington, Shanghai and Malaysia in 2001 Shirt Full name Known DOB (Age) Height Weight Club / Notes # as (cm) (kg) Province Tim Walsh 10/04/79 (40) Head coach - Took charge in April 2018, moving across to men’s programme after guiding women’s team to silver at Commonwealth Games - Coached Australia at RWC Sevens 2018 - Coached Australia women from 2013-18 - Won Olympic gold as women’s coach at Rio 2016 - HSBC World Rugby Women’s Sevens Series 2015-16 winning coach - Former Australia Sevens player 1 Henry Hutchison 12/02/97 (22) 180 85 Randwick - Named in HSBC Dream Team for R9 in London - Made Australia debut on series in Cape Town in 2015 - Re-joined Australia Sevens programme in July 2018 from contract with Super Rugby side Melbourne Rebels (15s) - Played at RWC Sevens 2018 Page 7 of 50 - 2015-16 Series Rookie of the Year - Played at World Rugby U20 Championship 2017 (15s) 2 Simon Kennewell 02/01/97 (22) 189 95 NSW - Needs six tries to score 50 on series - Top scorer in R6 in Vancouver with eight tries - Made Australia debut on series in Dubai in 2017 - Before Hamilton had last played on series in Cape Town in 2017 - Ruptured his ACL in days leading into Sydney Sevens 2018 and made return in Coral Coast Sevens earlier this month - Played at World Rugby U20 Championship (15s) 3 Henry Vanderglas 09/05/85 (34) 195 100 - Called into squad for series finale - Last played on series in Edinburgh in 2011 - Made Australia debut on series in Wellington in 2009 - Played at RWC Sevens 2009 4 Lewis Holland 14/01/93 (26) 183 89 QLD - Made Australia debut on series in Wellington in 2011 (captain) - Played at RWC Sevens 2013 and 2018 - Played at Rio 2016 Olympic Games 5 Benjamin Ben 14/08/95 (23) 187 88 NSW - Returns after being rested for Singapore round O’Donnell - Needs five tries to score 50 on series - Nominated for World Rugby Men’s Sevens Player of the Year 2018 - Named Rugby Australia Men’s Sevens Player of the Year 2018 - Played at RWC Sevens 2018 - Made Australia debut on series in Dubai in 2018 - Played at Commonwealth Games 2018 on Gold Coast 6 Lachlan Miller Lachie 14/08/94 (24) 185 84 NSW - Made first appearance of 2019 series in Hong Kong, last played before that in Singapore in 2018 - Made Australia debut on series in Hong Kong in 2018 7 Joseph Pincus Joe 24/07/96 (22) 188 90 NSW - Made first appearance on 2019 series in Hong Kong, last played before that in Paris in 2018 - Made Australia debut on series in London in 2018 8 Jeral Skelton 08/04/99 (20) 189 90 QLD -