Men’s team profiles and biographies – Los Angeles ALL-TIME MEN’S HSBC WORLD RUGBY SEVENS SERIES SCORING STATISTICS 1999-2020 POINTS: 297,211 TRIES: 47,419 CONVERSIONS: 29,847 PENALTIES: 104 DROP GOALS: 15 TOP POINT SCORER: BEN GOLLINGS (ENGLAND) – 2,652 TOP TRY SCORER: DAN NORTON (ENGLAND) – 352 Page 2 of 58 HSBC WORLD RUGBY SEVENS SERIES 2020 SCORING STATISTICS POINTS: 5,380 TRIES: 852 CONVERSIONS: 554 PENALTIES: 0 DROP GOALS: 0 TOP POINT SCORER: WAISEA NACUQU (FIJI) – 93 TOP TRY SCORER: JORDAN CONROY (IRELAND) – 17 Page 3 of 58 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 - Former all-time leading try-scorer in world series history (joint-third 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 Isgro 24/03/99 185 95 Los Pumas 2 15 3 - Made Argentina debut on series in Hamilton in 2020 (20) Sevens - Played for Argentina in World Rugby U20 Championship 2019 on home soil (15s) 2 Lucio Cinti 23/02/00 190 90 La Plata 4 20 4 - First appearance of 2020 series (20) - Last played on series in Sydney in 2019 - Made Argentina debut on series in Dubai in 2018 Page 4 of 58 3 German Schulz 05/02/94 188 95 Tala 41 300 60 - 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 18 90 18 - 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 32 292 58 - 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 42 174 34 - 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 29 379 53 - Turned 24 on Monday of Los Angeles Sevens week Velez (24) Athletic / - Played in opening round in Dubai but missed last three Cordoba rounds of 2020 series - Scored his 50th series try in Paris - Played at RWC Sevens 2018 - Made Argentina debut on series in Dubai in 2016 - 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 Page 5 of 58 8 Gastón Revol 26/11/86 170 76 La Tablada / 79 921 55 - Becomes sixth player in series history to reach 80 events in (33) Cordoba Los Angeles this weekend - 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 22 285 57 - 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 / 25 269 23 - Made Argentina debut on series in Paris in 2017 (23) Buenos Aires - Played at RWC Sevens 2018 11 Luciano 10/04/97 185 85 La Tablada / 28 290 58 - Scored his 50th series try in Paris Gonzalez (22) Cordoba - Made Argentina debut on series in Wellington in 2017 - Played at RWC Sevens 2018 12 Marcos 07/03/00 185 75 San Andres 2 10 2 - First appearance of 2020 series, having last played in Moneta (19) 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) 13 Tomas Vanni 28/01/00 172 75 Universitario 6 7 1 - Made first appearance of 2020 series in Hamilton (20) - Made Argentina debut on series in Hong Kong in 2019 Information correct at time of publication. Page 6 of 58 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: 7 Did you know…? • 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. They also won the Oceania Rugby Sevens title • Australia have won Cup titles in Wellington, Shanghai and Malaysia (2001), Brisbane (2002), London (2010), Tokyo (2012) and Sydney (2018) Shirt Name DOB (Age) Height Weight Club/Province Events Points Tries Notes # (cm) (kg) Tim Walsh 10/04/79 (40) Head coach 17 339 26 - Took charge in April 2018, moving across to men’s programme after guiding women’s team to silver at Commonwealth Games - Coached Australia women 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 winner - Former Australia Sevens player - One of only two coaches to guide two different teams to Olympic qualification 1 Henry 12/02/97 (23) 180 85 Randwick 30 410 82 - Re-joined Australia Sevens programme in July 2018 from Hutchinson contract with Super Rugby side Melbourne Rebels (15s) - Named in HSBC Dream Team in London in 2019 - Made Australia debut on series in Cape Town in 2015 - Played at RWC Sevens 2018 Page 7 of 58 - 2015-16 Series Rookie of the Year - Played at World Rugby U20 Championship 2017 (15s) 2 Dylan 23/04/98 (21) 182 89 NSW 16 115 23 - Made first appearance of 2020 series in Hamilton – last Pietsch played in Singapore in 2019 - Called up as injury replacement in Vancouver, his first appearance on series since Paris in 2018 - Made Australia debut on series in Wellington in 2017 - 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 3 Rodney 18/05/89 (30) 185 91 WA 3 5 1 - Returns after missing Sydney round Davies - Played in Cape Town and Hamilton after missing Dubai - Made Australia debut on series in Vancouver in 2019 - Recently joined Australia sevens squad, training with them ahead of Kiama Sevens, and is a Western Force squad member - Nicknamed ‘Rocket Rod’ - Played one test for Australia in 2011 (15s) - Super Rugby winner in 2011 (15s) - Played at World Rugby U20 Championship in 2009 (15s) 4 Lewis 14/01/93 (27) 183 89 QLD 51 793 111 - Joins Ed Jenkins as Australia’s most-capped player on Holland series (52) in Los Angeles this weekend - Became Australia’s all-time leading try scorer in Hamilton - Played 50th series event in Hamilton - Returned in Cape Town after missing Dubai round - Made Australia debut on series in Wellington in 2011 - Played at RWC Sevens 2013 and 2018 - Played at Rio 2016 Olympic Games 5 Lachie Miller 14/08/94 (25) 185 84 NSW 10 40 8 - Called up as injury replacement in Hamilton in 2020 - 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 Page 8 of 58 6 Joe Pincus 24/07/96 (23) 188 90 NSW 10