OLYMPIC GAMES TOKYO 2020: MEN’S TEAM PROFILES AND BIOGRAPHIES ARGENTINA Head coach: Santiago Gómez Cora Captain: Santiago Álvarez Nickname: Los Pumas Sevens Olympic record: 2016 – Sixth Tokyo 2020 seeding: 7 World Rugby Sevens 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 – Ninth Did you know…? • Argentina qualified for Tokyo 2020 by winning the South American regional qualifier, beating Brazil 26-0 in the final • Argentina finished sixth at Rio 2016, suffering sudden-death extra-time time heartbreak against Great Britain in the quarter-finals • Four veterans of Rio 2016 are selected in Germán Schulz, Santiago Álvarez, Rodrigo Etchart and Gastón Revol • There are three of Argentina’s Youth Olympic Games gold medallists from 2018 in the squad (Lucio Cinti, Marcos Moneta and Ignacio Mendy) and a silver medallist from 2014 (Lautaro Bazan Velez) Shirt # Full name DOB (Age) Height Weight Events Points Tries Notes (cm) (kg) Santiago 25/07/78 63 1,178 230 - Turns 44 on eve of men’s competition in Tokyo Gómez (43) - Coached Argentina to sixth place at Rio 2016 Cora (Head - Appointed Argentina men’s coach in 2013 after previously coaching coach) 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) - Top try scorer in Wellington in 2002 with 10 tries - Played at RWC Sevens 2005 and 2009, scoring five tries in total 1 Rodrigo 24/03/99 185 95 3 25 5 - Made Argentina debut on Series in Hamilton in 2020 Isgro (22) - Played in World Rugby U20 Championship 2019 on home soil (15s) 2 Lucio Cinti 23/02/00 190 90 6 30 6 - Gold medallist at the Youth Olympic Games 2018 Buenos Aires (21) - Made Argentina debut on Series in Dubai in 2018 Page 2 of 37 3 Germán 05/02/94 188 95 43 330 66 - Played at Rio 2016 Olympic Games Schulz (27) - Made Argentina debut on Series in Las Vegas in 2014 - Played at RWC Sevens 2018 - 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 Ignacio 29/06/00 185 80 1 20 4 - Gold medallist at the Youth Olympic Games 2018 Buenos Aires Mendy (21) - Made Argentina debut on Series in Cape Town in 2018 (only event) - Played at World Rugby U20 Championship in 2018 and 2019 (15s) 5 Rodrigo 24/01/94 176 85 34 307 61 - Played at Rio 2016 Olympic Games Etchart (27) - Made Argentina debut on Series on Gold Coast in 2014 - Captained Argentina in four tournaments in 2014-15 Series - Former Argentina U20 player (15s) 6 Santiago 17/02/94 188 93 44 189 37 - Played at Rio 2016 Olympic Games Álvarez (27) - Made Argentina debut on Series in Dubai in 2013 (captain) - Played at RWC Sevens 2018 - Played three tests for Argentina in 2013 (15s) - Played for Argentina XV from 2016-18 (15s) - Former Argentina U20 player (15s) 7 Lautaro 24/02/96 174 80 31 383 53 - Silver medallist at Youth Olympic Games 2014 in Nanjing Bazán (25) - Played at RWC Sevens 2018 Vélez - Made Argentina debut on Series in Dubai in 2016 - Played for Argentina XV in 2016-17 (15s) - Former Argentina U20 player (15s) – played in three World Rugby U20 Championships 8 Gastón 26/11/86 170 76 81 941 55 - Captained Argentina at Rio 2016 Olympic Games Revol (34) - Argentina’s most-capped player in Series history – the sixth highest overall - 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 9 Matias 22/04/97 191 96 24 315 63 - Played at RWC Sevens 2018 Osadczuk (24) - 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) Page 3 of 37 - Played at World Rugby U20 Championship in 2016 (15s) 10 Santiago 21/10/96 184 92 27 308 24 - Made Argentina debut on Series in Paris in 2017 Mare (24) - Played at RWC Sevens 2018 11 Luciano 10/04/97 185 85 29 295 59 - Made Argentina debut on Series in Wellington in 2017 González (24) - Played at RWC Sevens 2018 12 Marcos 07/03/00 185 75 4 75 15 - Gold medallist at the Youth Olympic Games 2018 Buenos Aires Moneta (21) - 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 in World Rugby U20 Championship 2019 on home soil (15s) 13 Felipe del 25/09/93 186 87 19 114 12 - Made Argentina debut on Series in Wellington in 2017 Mestre (27) Information correct at time of publication. Page 4 of 37 AUSTRALIA Head coach: Tim Walsh Captain: Nick Malouf Olympic record: 2016 – Eighth Tokyo 2020 seeding: 6 World Rugby Sevens 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 – Fourth Did you know…? • Australia qualified for Tokyo 2020 by winning the Oceania Rugby qualifier final, beating Samoa 19-12 in November 2019. They had trailed 12-0 at half-time • Australia had the honour of playing in the first men’s rugby sevens match at Rio 2016, but lost 31-14 to France • Australia have three survivors from Rio 2016 in Nick Malouf, Henry Hutchison and Lewis Holland Shirt # Full name DOB (Age) Height Weight Events Points Tries Notes (cm) (kg) Tim Walsh 10/04/79 17 339 26 - Won Olympic gold as women’s coach at Rio 2016 (Head (42) - Took charge in April 2018, moving across to men’s programme after guiding coach) women’s team to silver at Commonwealth Games - Coached Australia women at RWC Sevens 2018 - Coached Australia women from 2013-18 - World Rugby Women’s Sevens Series 2015-16 and 2018 winner - Former Australia Sevens player - Great nephew of former Wallaby captain Dr Richard (Dick) Tooth - One of only two coaches to guide two different teams to Olympic qualification (Sean Horan, NZL and CHN women) 1 Henry 12/02/97 180 85 32 435 87 - Played at Rio 2016 Olympic Games Hutchinson (24) - 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 - 2015-16 Series Rookie of the Year - Played at World Rugby U20 Championship 2017 (15s) Page 5 of 37 2 Samu 27/09/93 186 108 0 0 0 - Joined sevens programme less than two months before Olympic Games in Kerevi (27) bid to make team - Yet to play on the World Series - Made Australia sevens debut in Oceania Sevens preparation event in June - Spent last two years playing in Japan’s Top League for Suntory Sungoliath - Played at RWC 2019 in Japan, four matches (15s) - Played 33 tests for Australia from 2016-19 (15s) - Played for Fiji in World Rugby U20 Championship 2012 (15s) - Born in Suva, Fiji 3 Nathan 23/01/99 192 97 0 0 0 - Yet to play on the World Series Lawson (22) - Played in the Oceania Rugby U20 Championship in 2019 (15s) 4 Dietrich 06/07/01 181 87 0 0 0 - Yet to play on the World Series Roache (20) - Started playing Rugby League before transitioning to rugby union in 2019 - Played for Australia at World Schools Sevens in New Zealand in 2019 5 Lachie 14/08/94 185 84 12 85 17 - Made Australia debut on Series in Hong Kong in 2018 Miller (26) 6 Joe Pincus 24/07/96 188 90 12 100 20 - Made Australia debut on Series in London in 2018 (25) 7 Josh Turner 23/09/96 180 85 6 70 14 - Made Australia debut on Series in Dubai in 2019 (24) 8 Dylan 23/04/98 182 89 18 115 23 - Made Australia debut on Series in Wellington in 2017 Pietsch (23) - Volunteers every week at Ronald McDonald House, helping out with cleaning and spending time with children and families - Shortlisted for AIS Community Engagement Award for the above work 9 Josh 08/06/97 172 75 7 114 8 - Made Australia debut on Series in Hamilton in 2018 Coward (24) 10 Nick Malouf 19/03/93 190 95 40 275 55 - Played at Rio 2016 Olympic Games (captain) (28) - Made Super Rugby AU debut for Waratahs v Brumbies in July 2020 - Named Australia’s captain in January 2020 - Made Australia debut on Series in Dubai in 2012 11 Maurice 30/01/95 168 85 20 333 61 - Named Rugby Australia Men’s Sevens Player of the Year 2019 in November Longbottom (26) - Made Australia debut on Series in Dubai in 2017 - Played at RWC Sevens 2018 - Played at Commonwealth Games 2018 12 Lachlan 27/08/97 187 92 27 320 64 - Made Australia debut on Series in Sydney in 2017 Anderson (23) - Joint top try-scorer in last World Series round Vancouver with Jordan Conroy (IRE) on seven - Played at RWC Sevens 2018 Page 6 of 37 - Played at Commonwealth Games 2018 on Gold Coast - Made Super Rugby debut for Melbourne Rebels in September 2020 (15s) - Played at World Rugby U20 Championship 2017 (15s) 13 Lewis 14/01/93 183 89 53 864 114 - Recovered from hamstring to be named as 13th player for Tokyo 2020 Holland (28) - Played at Rio 2016 Olympic Games - Australia’s most-capped player in Series history after surpassing Rio 2016 captain Ed Jenkins in Vancouver in 2020 - Became Australia’s all-time leading try scorer in Hamilton in 2020 - Made Australia debut on Series in Wellington in 2011 - Played at RWC Sevens 2013 and 2018 - Played Super Rugby for Melbourne Rebels this year - Engaged to Australia sevens player Charlotte Caslick Information correct at time of publication.