Men s team stats and biographies Las Vegas

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1 Men s team stats and biographies Las Vegas

2 ALL-TIME MEN S HSBC WORLD RUGBY SEVENS SERIES SCORING STATISTICS POINTS: 281,014 TRIES: 44,799 CONVERSIONS: 28,201 PENALTIES: 103 DROP GOALS: 15 TOP POINT SCORER: BEN GOLLINGS (ENG) 2,652 TOP TRY SCORER: DAN NORTON (ENG) 316 Page 2 of 45

3 HSBC WORLD RUGBY SEVENS SERIES 2019 SCORING STATISTICS POINTS: 6,937 TRIES: 1,111 CONVERSIONS: 687 PENALTIES: 2 DROP GOALS: 0 TOP POINT SCORER: ANDREW KNEWSTUBB (NEW ZEALAND) 145 TOP TRY SCORER: ALASIO NADUVA (FIJI) 20 Page 3 of 45

4 ARGENTINA Head coach: Santiago Gómez Cora Captain: Santiago Alvarez Nickname: Los Pumas Sevens World Series record: Seventh / Sixth / Sixth / Seventh / Third / Fifth / Sixth / th / Sixth / Fifth / Seventh / Eighth / Seventh / th / Ninth / Eighth / Fifth / Ninth / 2018 Seventh 2019 Series ranking: 9 Did you know? 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) 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 ( ), George (RSA) , Wellington and Los Angeles in , Hong Kong and Singapore in , Cardiff in , Durban and Shanghai in Shirt # Full name Known as DOB (Age) Height Weight Club / Province Notes (cm) (kg) Santiago Gómez Cora 25/07/78 (40) Head coach - Played at RWC Sevens 2005 and 2009, scoring five tries in total - Appointed Argentina men s coach in 2013 after previously coaching women s team - Former Argentina Sevens player, featuring on world series from 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 (28) Cordoba Athletic / Cordoba - Made Argentina debut on series in Hong Kong in Before Hamilton, the last time had played on series was in Sydney in Played one test for Argentina in 2011 (15s) - Former Argentina U20 players (15s) - Kicked winning penalty in only match to go to kicking competition in World Rugby U20 Championship history v Wales in 2010 Page 4 of 45

5 2 Renzo Barbier 08/11/90 (28) San Luis - Unused 13th player in Hamilton - Made Argentina debut on series in Dubai in German Schulz 05/02/94 (25) Tala - Made Argentina debut on series in Las Vegas in Played three tests for Argentina in 2013 (2) and 2017 (15s) - Played for Argentina XV from (15s) - Former Argentina U20 player (15s) 4 Maximo Provenzano 5 Rodrigo Etchart 6 Santiago Alvarez Fourcade (captain) Santiago Alvarez 04/05/90 (28) Alumni - First appearance on 2019 series - Made Argentina debut on series in Sydney in /01/94 (25) SIC/Buenos Aires - First appearance of 2019 series - Made Argentina debut on series on Gold Coast in Captained Argentina in four tournaments in series - Former Argentina U20 players (15s) 17/02/94 (25) CASI - Made Argentina debut on series in Dubai in Played three tests for Argentina in 2013 (15s) - Played for Argentina XV from (15s) - Former Argentina U20 player (15s) 7 Lautaro Bazan Velez 24/02/96 (23) Cordoba Athletic / Cordoba - Made Argentina debut on series in Dubai in Played all 10 rounds of 2018 series - Silver medallist at Youth Olympic Games 2014 in Nanjing - Played for Argentina XV in (15s) - Former Argentina U20 player (15s) played in three World Rugby U20 Championships 8 Francisco Ulloa 27/08/97 (21) Newman - Will make Argentina debut on series in Las Vegas this weekend 9 Joaquin de la Vega 26/05/98 (20) Newman - Will make Argentina debut on series in Las Vegas this weekend - Captained Argentina at World Rugby U20 Championship in 2018 (15s) - Older brother Tomas played 12 tests for Argentina from as well as at Argentina XV and U20 levels (15s) Page 5 of 45

6 10 Santiago Mare 21/10/96 (22) Regatas / Buenos Aires 11 Luciano 10/04/97 (21) La Tablada / Gonzalez Cordoba 12 Franco Sabato 13/01/90 (29) Alumni / Buenos Aires 13 Franco Florio 30/05/00 (18) Belgrano Athletic Information correct at time of publication. - Made Argentina debut on series in Paris in Made Argentina debut on series in Wellington in Most experienced member of Argentina s squad in Las Vegas - Made Argentina debut on series in Glasgow in Rugby Ambassador for Youth Olympic Games 2018 in Buenos Aires - Will make Argentina debut on series if called upon as an injury replacement Page 6 of 45

7 AUSTRALIA Head coach: Tim Walsh Captain: Lewis Holland World Series record: Third / Runners-up / Fifth / Fifth / Eighth / Seventh / Eighth / Seventh / Eighth / Eighth / Third / Sixth / Sixth / Eighth / Fifth / Fifth / Fourth / Sixth / 2018 Fourth 2019 Series ranking: 6 Did you know? Australia s best result on USA soil is runner-up in Las Vegas in 2016 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 (39) Head coach - Took charge in April, moving across to men s programme after guiding women s team to silver at Commonwealth Games - Coached Australia at RWC Sevens Coached Australia women from Won Olympic gold as women s coach at Rio HSBC World Rugby Women s Sevens Series winning coach - Former Australia Sevens player 1 Henry Hutchison 12/02/97 (22) Randwick - Made Australia debut on series in Cape Town in Re-joined Australia Sevens programme in July 2018 from contract with Super Rugby side Melbourne Rebels (15s) Series Rookie of the Year - Played at World Rugby U20 Championship 2017 (15s) 2 Simon Kennewell 02/01/97 (22) NSW - Made Australia debut on series in Dubai in Before Hamilton had last played on series in Cape Town in 2017 Page 7 of 45

8 - 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 Michael Wells 03/05/93 (25) Norths - Called up as an injury replacement in Hamilton, part of squad in Sydney - Signed flexible contract agreement to combine Super Rugby with sevens - Available for first six series tournaments before returning to Super Rugby with NSW Waratahs - 43 Super Rugby caps - Made Australia debut on series on Gold Coast in Before Dubai and Cape Town, had not played on series since two events in Played at World Rugby U20 Championship (15s) 4 Lewis Holland (captain) 5 Benjamin O Donnell 14/01/93 (26) QLD - Made Australia debut on series in Wellington in Played at RWC Sevens 2013 and 2018 Ben 14/08/95 (23) NSW - Nominated for World Rugby Men s Sevens Player of the Year Named Rugby Australia Men s Sevens Player of the Year Made Australia debut on series in Dubai in Shared DHL Impact Player in R1 in Dubai with Maurice Longbottom and Perry Baker - Played at Commonwealth Games 2018 on Gold Coast 6 John Porch 04/03/94 (24) NSW - Made Australia debut on series in Wellington in Top point scorer in R1 in Dubai with 54 - Named in HSBC Dream Team for R1 in Dubai - Played at Commonwealth Games 2018 on Gold Coast 7 Brandon Quinn 28/01/94 (25) NSW - Called up as injury replacement in Sydney - Made Australia debut on series in Sydney in Played at Commonwealth Games 2018 on Gold Coast 8 Jesse Parahi 29/07/89 (29) NSW - Becomes Australia s third most-capped player on series (44 tournaments) behind Ed Jenkins (52) and James Stannard (47) - Missed Hamilton round through hip flexor injury - Made Australia debut on series in London in 2010 Page 8 of 45

9 - Only played one round of 2018 series in Singapore as captain - Played at RWC Sevens 2013 and Captained Australia at Commonwealth Games 2018 on Gold Coast - Played at Commonwealth Games 2014 in Scotland - Runs SenseRugby with his wife, a programme for kids with special needs 9 Jeral Skelton 08/04/99 (19) QLD - Made Australia debut on series in Cape Town in Nicholas Malouf Nick 19/03/93 (25) Made Australia debut on series in Dubai in Did not feature in 2018 series 11 Matthew Hood Matt 12/07/94 (24) NSW - Last played on series in Hamilton in Played for Australia at Oceania Rugby Sevens Championship in Made Australia debut on series in Dubai in Liam McNamara 09/02/97 (21) QLD - Returns after missing Hamilton and Sydney with hamstring injury - Made Australia debut on series in Sydney in Played only one series event in 2018 Paris - Played at World Rugby U20 Championship 2017 (15s) 13 Thomas Paul Connor Tom Connor Information correct at time of publication. 29/07/92 (26) NSW - Made Australia debut on series in Sydney in Did not play in R1 in Dubai, replaced injured Tim Anstee in Cape Town - Played at Commonwealth Games 2018 Page 9 of 45

10 CANADA Head coach: Damian McGrath Captain: Nathan Hirayama World Series record: Sixth / Eighth / th / th / NInth / th / th / th / th / th / th / th / th / th / Sixth / Ninth / th / Eighth / 2018 Ninth 2019 Series ranking: 11 Did you know? Canada were Challenge Trophy runners-up in Las Vegas in 2018 Canada won their only Cup title in Singapore in 2017 Shirt # Full name Known as DOB (Age) Height (cm) Weight (kg) Club / Province Notes Damian McGrath 02/08/58 (60) Head coach - Appointed in October Third season as Canada Sevens coach - Former Samoa Sevens head coach ( series) - Born in Bradford, England - Has coached in rugby league and rugby union - Previously involved with England Sevens coaching set-up - Coached Great Britain to gold at World Student Games in Matthew Mullins Matt 28/07/94 (24) Queens University, ON - Made Canada debut on series in Cape Town in Gold medal winner at the 2015 Pan American Games 2 Admir Cejvanovic 26/06/90 (28) Burnaby, BC - Last played in Cape Town on 2019 series - Made Canada debut on series in Dubai in Played at Commonwealth Games Gold medal winner at the 2015 Pan American Games - Played 12 tests for Canada from as flanker/no.8 (15s) 3 Michael Fuailefau Mike 20/03/92 (26) Castaway Wanderers/BC - Made first appearance on 2019 series in Hamilton after missing Dubai and Cape Town - Made Canada debut on series on Gold Coast in 2012 Page 10 of 45

11 4 Phil Berna 07/04/96 (22) University of British Columbia, BC 5 Luke McCloskey 18/07/92 (26) Castaway Wanderers, BC 6 Connor Braid 31/05/91 (27) James Bay Athletic Association, BC - Played at Commonwealth Games 2018 on Gold Coast - Played at Commonwealth Games 2014 in Glasgow - Played at RWC Sevens Played one test for Canada in 2013 (15s) - Played at World Rugby U20 Trophy (15s) - Made Canada debut on series in Wellington in Last played on series in Sydney in Played at World Rugby U20 Trophy in 2015 (15s) - Made Canada debut on series in Wellington in Made Canada debut on series in Dubai in Played at Commonwealth Games Played at RWC 2015 (15s) 7 Jacob Thiel Jake 02/06/97 (21) Abbotsford, BC - Made Canada debut on series in Sydney in Played at World Rugby U20 Trophy (15s) - Father Jon Thiel played 44 tests for Canada and in three Rugby World Cups in 1999, 2003 and 2007 (15s) - Mother Jen Ross played for Canada at WRWC 1994 (15s) - Brother Josh has also played for Canada at U18 level 8 Isaac Kaay 30/08/93 (25) University of Victoria, BC - Made Canada debut on series in Wellington in Played at Commonwealth Games Nathan Hirayama (captain) 23/03/88 (30) Unattached, BC - Became Canada s most-capped player on series in Hamilton, his 66th tournament surpassing John Moonlight - Became the fourth player to score 1,500 points on series in Cape Town - Made Canada debut on series in Dubai in Top point scorer on 2018 series with Played at RWC Sevens 2013 and Played at Commonwealth Games Gold medal winner at the 2015 Pan American Games - Played at RWC 2015, 2011 and 2007 (15s) - Played at World Rugby U20 Championship (15s) 10 Patrick Kay Pat 19/09/93 (25) Cowichan, BC - Made Canada debut on series in Gold Coast in 2013 Page 11 of 45

12 - Played at Commonwealth Games Harry Jones 26/08/89 (29) Capilano, BC - First appearance of 2019 series - Becomes third Canada to play in 60 series tournaments, after Nathan Hirayama (68) and John Moonlight (65) - Played at RWC Sevens 2013 and Played at Commonwealth Games Made Canada debut on series in Wellington in Played at RWC 2015 (15s) - Gold medal winner at the 2015 Pan American Games 12 Adam Zaruba 31/03/91 (27) Capilano, BC - Made Canada debut on series on Gold Coast in Played at World Rugby U20 Trophy (15s) - Tried out in NFL and was signed by Philadelphia Eagles on training contract but injuries hit and he was released 13 Cooper Coats 06/10/96 (22) Halifax Tars, NS - Called into squad on final day in Cape Town as an injury replacement but did not take to the field Information correct at time of publication. Page 12 of 45

13 CHILE (Invitational team in Las Vegas and Vancouver) Head coach: Edmundo Olfos Captain: Felipe Brangier Nickname: Los Condores Sevens Did you know? Chile won the Sudamerica Rugby Sevens Series title in January to confirm their place as the invitational team in Las Vegas and Vancouver Chile played at RWC Sevens 2018 in San Francisco, winning the Bowl Six of the squad will make their series debuts in Las Vegas There are two sets of brothers in Chile squad in Las Vegas Shirt # Full name Known as DOB (Age) Height Weight Club / Province Notes (cm) (kg) Edmundo Olfos 03/01/76 (43) Head coach - Coached Chile at RWC Sevens Was a player when Chile played at RWC Sevens in /11/88 (30) Prince of Wales - Made Chile debut on series in Las Vegas in 2010 Country Club - Last played on series in (Santiago) 1 Felipe Brangier (captain) 2 Pedro Verschae 25/10/90 (28) Vina RC (Vina del Mar) 3 Francisco Niera 26/06/91 (27) Old John s (Concepcion) 4 Felipe Neira 08/08/94 (24) Old John s (Concepcion) 5 Rodrigo Fernandez - Gold medallist at Juegos Sudamericanos, Cochabamba Will make Chile debut on series in Las Vegas this weekend - Brother Martin also plays for Chile - Gold medallist at Juegos Sudamericanos, Cochabamba Will make Chile debut on series in Las Vegas this weekend - Played in World Series qualifiers in Hong Kong in 2016 and Younger brother Felipe is also in the squad - Played seven tests for Chile from (15s) - Will make Chile debut on series in Las Vegas this weekend - Played in World Series qualifier in Hong Kong in Older brother Francisco is also in the squad - Played one test for Chile (unused replacement in another) in 2015 (15s) 08/02/96 (23) COBS (Santiago) - Will make Chile debut on series in Las Vegas this weekend Page 13 of 45

14 6 Pablo Metuaze 21/04/87 (31) Vina RC (Vina del Mar) 7 Ignacio Silva 16/02/89 (30) Prince of Wales Country Club (Santiago) 8 Pablo Byers 25/10/93 (25) Prince of Wales Country Club (Santiago) 9 Francisco Metuaze 19/12/88 (30) Prince of Wales Country Club (Santiago) 10 Francisco Urroz 07/09/93 (25) Old Reds (Santiago) 11 Julio Blanc 06/07/95 (23) Old Boys (Santiago) 12 Benjamin de Vidts Information correct at time of publication. 11/04/95 (23) Old Boys (Santiago) - Gold medallist at Juegos Sudamericanos, Cochabamba Will make Chile debut on series in Las Vegas this weekend - Brother Francisco is also in the squad - Played tests for Chile in 2011 and one in 2019 (15s) - Played in Americas Rugby Championship v Uruguay on 8 February (15s) - Made Chile debut on series in Las Vegas in Gold medallist at Juegos Sudamericanos, Cochabamba Will make Chile debut on series in Las Vegas this weekend - Brother Pablo is also in the squad - Made Chile debut on series in Las Vegas in Gold medallist at Juegos Sudamericanos, Cochabamba Made Chile debut on series in Las Vegas in Played in Las Vegas and Vancouver in 2017 when Chile were invitational team - Played in last three World Series qualifiers in Hong Kong - Gold medallist at Juegos Sudamericanos, Cochabamba Played seven tests for Chile from (15s) - Played last test v USA on 2 February in Americas Rugby Championship (15s) - Played at World Rugby U20 Trophy in 2012 and 2013 (15s) - Made Chile debut on series in Las Vegas in Played in Las Vegas and Vancouver in 2017 when Chile were invitational team - Played in last three World Series qualifying tournaments in Hong Kong - Made test debut for Chile in February 2019 and played all three matches to date in Americas Rugby Championship 2019 (15s) - Made Chile debut on series in Las Vegas in Gold medallist at Juegos Sudamericanos, Cochabamba 2018 Page 14 of 45

15 ENGLAND Head coach: Simon Amor Captain: Tom Mitchell World Series record: Ninth / Seventh / Third / Second / Second / Third / Second / Fifth / Fifth / Third / Fifth / Third / Third / Sixth / Fourth / Fourth / Eighth / Runners-up / 2018 Fifth 2019 Series ranking: 5 Did you know? England won the USA Sevens title in Los Angeles in 2006, they were also beaten finalists in San Diego in 2009 England were bronze medallists in Sydney in round four, their second of season after finishing third in Dubai England are again the nominated team to qualify Great Britain for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games England were runners-up at Rugby World Cup Sevens 2018, losing in the final to New Zealand in San Francisco just as they had done in 2013 edition in Moscow Shirt # Full name Known as DOB (Age) Height (cm) Weight (kg) Club / Province Notes Simon Amor 25/04/79 (39) Head coach - Played at RWC Sevens Played for England Sevens from , captain for the last five years - Appointed coach in September Coached Great Britain to silver medal at Rio 2016 Olympic Games - Coached England to bronze medal at Commonwealth Games Coached England women s sevens /04/90 (28) England Sevens - Missed Cape Town round through concussion suffered in Dubai - Made England debut on series in Edinburgh in Silver medallist at RWC Sevens Bronze medallist at Commonwealth Games 2018 on Gold Coast 1 Richard de Carpentier 2 William Muir Will 30/10/95 (23) England Sevens - Made England debut on series in Dubai in Silver medallist at RWC Sevens Recently joined England Sevens programme after graduating from Northumbria University with first class degree in mechanical engineering - Received the Sport Newcastle Rising Star award in Philip Burgess Phil 01/07/88 (30) England Sevens - Made England debut on series in Gold Coast in 2013 Page 15 of 45

16 - Silver medallist at RWC Sevens Bronze medallist at Commonwealth Games 2018 on Gold Coast - Silver medallist with Great Britain at Rio 2016 Olympic Games - Played for England U18 and captained England Students (15s) 4 Daniel Norton Dan 22/03/88 (30) England Sevens - All-time leading try-scorer in world series history (306) reached 300 in Dubai - Named in HSBC Dream Team for R1 in Dubai and R4 in Sydney - Made England debut on series in Wellington in Silver medallist at RWC Sevens 2013 and Bronze medallist at Commonwealth Games 2018 on Gold Coast - Silver medallist with Great Britain at Rio 2016 Olympic Games 5 Charlton Kerr 06/10/97 (21) England Sevens - Made England debut on series in Las Vegas in Played in both Dubai and Cape Town, his first tournaments since Singapore in 2018 Series 6 Thomas Mitchell (captain) Tom 22/07/89 (29) England Sevens - Needs 19 points to become fifth player to score 1,500 points in series history - Named in HSBC Dream Team for R1 in Dubai - Made England debut on series in Wellington in Played his 50th series event in London on 2018 series - Captained England on series for first time in Las Vegas in Silver medallist at RWC Sevens 2013 and Silver medallist with Great Britain at Rio 2016 Olympic Games - Bronze medallist at Commonwealth Games 2018 on Gold Coast - Top point-scorer in series with 358 points - Helped Oxford to beat Cambridge in 2011 Varsity Match at Twickenham - Led GB Students to World University Sevens Championship 2012 title 7 Daniel Bibby Dan 06/02/91 (28) England Sevens - Made England debut on series in Glasgow in Missed RWC Sevens 2018 through injury - Bronze medallist at Commonwealth Games 2018 on Gold Coast - Silver medallist with Great Britain at Rio 2016 Olympic Games, scoring extratime winner v Argentina in quarter-final - Played at Commonwealth Games 2014 in Glasgow - Won World University Sevens Championship 2012 title with GB Students, scoring two tries in final v South Africa - Played for England Students (15s) 8 Thomas Bowen Tom 31/01/93 (26) England Sevens - Made England debut on series on Gold Coast in Missed RWC Sevens and Commonwealth Games in 2018 through injury Page 16 of 45

17 - Previously represented England Students 9 William Edwards Will 17/11/95 (23) England Sevens - First appearance of the 2019 Series - Silver medallist at RWC Sevens Made England debut on series in Vancouver in Captained England to victory at Exeter round of Rugby Europe Grand Prix Sevens Series earlier this month 10 Taiye Ryan Olowofela 11 Ethan Waddleton Ryan 17/04/98 (20) England Sevens - Made England debut on series in Sydney in Used to be in Nottingham Forest s academy (football) before opting for rugby and joining the Leicester Tigers academy aged 15 - Also made it to national level as a squash player - Twin brother Jordan was a World Rugby U20 Championship 2018 runner-up with England (15s) 23/11/96 (22) England Sevens - Made England debut on series in Wellington in Named in HSBC Dream Team for R1 in Dubai - Bronze medallist at Commonwealth Games 2018 on Gold Coast - Missed RWC Sevens 2018 through injury 12 Jamie Barden 10/09/99 (19) England Sevens - Called up as 13th player in Sydney to make his England debut on series - Made his England Sevens debut in round two of Rugby Europe Sevens Grand Prix Series 2018 in Marcoussis 13 Benjamin Harris Ben 08/09/99 (19) England Sevens - Yet to make his England debut on series - Made his England Sevens debut in round one of Rugby Europe Sevens Grand Prix Series 2018 in Russia - Won England Schools Track and Field Championship in U15 triple jump so was ranked number one in UK in age group in 2014 Information correct at time of publication. Page 17 of 45

18 FIJI Head coach: Gareth Baber Captain: Kalione Nasoko World Series record: Runners-up / Third / Fourth / Third / Fourth / Runners-up / Champions / Runners-up / Fourth / Runners-up / Fourth / Fourth / Runners-up / Third / Third / Champions / Champions / Third / 2018 Runners-up 2019 Series ranking: 3 Did you know? Fiji won back-to-back Cup titles in Las Vegas in 2015 and was first time since 2014 that Fiji had not made the Cup final in Las Vegas Fiji have won two titles on the 2019 series, in Dubai and Hamilton Fiji won five titles in the 2018 series. Fiji were runners-up in the 2018 series after defeat in the quarter-finals in Paris allowed South Africa to overtake them in standings Shirt # Full name Known as DOB (Age) Height (cm) Weight (kg) Club / Province Notes Gareth Baber 23/05/72 (46) Head coach - Second season as Fiji coach - Former Hong Kong Sevens coach - Played for Wales at RWC Sevens Played for Wales on series from Isoa Tabu 12/06/93 (25) Yamacia / Sigatoka - Will make Fiji debut on series in Las Vegas this weekend - Brother of Sevuloni Mocenacagi (13th player in Las Vegas) 2 Josua Vakurinabili 06/10/92 (26) Warden - Made Fiji debut on series in London in Silver medallist at Commonwealth Games Kalione Nasoko (captain) 02/12/90 (28) Yasawa - Named in HSBC Dream Team for R2 in Cape Town and R3 in Hamilton - Made Fiji debut on series in Dubai in Silver medallist at Commonwealth Games Paula Dranisinukula 23/11/89 (29) Army - Made first appearance on 2019 series in title success in Hamilton after missing Dubai and Cape Town through injury - Made Fiji debut on series in Paris in 2017 Page 18 of 45

19 5 Mesulami Kunavula Kunalolo 6 Ratu Meli Naurev Naevo Derenalagi Mesulame Kunavula Meli Derenalagi - Missed start of season due to recovering from a leg fracture - Silver medallist at Commonwealth Games /10/95 (23) Nadroga - Named in HSBC Dream Team for R4 in Sydney - Made Fiji debut on series in Wellington in Silver medallist at Commonwealth Games /11/98 (20) Navy - Named in HSBC Dream Team for R3 in Hamilton - Made Fiji debut on series in Dubai in 2018 after being called in as injury replacement during event - World Rugby U20 Trophy 2018 winner (15s) 7 Vilimoni Botitu 15/06/98 (20) Nawaka - DHL Impact Player for R3 in Hamilton - Named HSBC Player of the Final for R2 in Cape Town - Made Fiji debut on series in Dubai in World Rugby U20 Trophy 2018 winner (15s) - Played at World Rugby U20 Trophy 2017 (15s) - Played for Fiji Warriors (Fiji's A team) in World Rugby Pacific Challenge in 2018 (15s) 8 Waisea Nacuqu 24/05/93 (25) Westfield - Made Fiji debut on series on Gold Coast in Seremai Tuwai Vunisa Jerry Tuwai 23/03/89 (29) Newtown - Named HSBC Player of the Final for R3 in Hamilton - Named in HSBC Dream Team for R3 in Hamilton - Nominated for World Rugby Men s Sevens Player of the Year in 2017 and Made Fiji debut on series in Gold Coast in Captained Fiji to silver medal at Commonwealth Games Gold medallist at Rio 2016 Olympic Games 10 Alasio Sovita Naduva Alasio Naduva 25/06/90 (28) Army - Top try scorer on 2019 series after four rounds with 20 - Named in HSBC Dream Team for R2 in Cape Town and R4 in Sydney - Made Fiji debut on series in Sydney in Silver medallist at Commonwealth Games Aminiasi Tuimaba 26/03/95 (23) Army - Named in HSBC Dream Team for R3 in Hamilton - Made Fiji debut on series in Dubai in Terio Tamani Veilawa Terio Veilawa 06/07/94 (24) Suva - Made Fiji debut on series in Singapore in 2018 Page 19 of 45

20 13 Sevuloni Mocenacagi 29/06/90 (28) Suva - Brother Isoa Tabu will make his debut in Las Vegas - Made Fiji debut on series in Dubai in Silver medallist at Commonwealth Games 2018 Information correct at time of publication. Page 20 of 45

21 FRANCE Head coach: Jéróme Daret Captain: Paulin Riva Nickname: Les Bleus World Series record: Eighth / th / Ninth / Eighth / Seventh / Eighth / Seventh / Eighth / th / th / DNP / th / Ninth / Ninth / th / th / th / th / th 2019 Series ranking: 12 Did you know? France won the Challenge Trophy in Las Vegas in 2018 France s Terry Bouhraoua was the last player to score 10 or more tries in a series round, back in 2016 in Cape Town France reached the Cup quarter-finals for the first time in the 2019 series in Sydney in round four Shirt Full name Known as DOB (Age) Height Weight Club / Notes # (cm) (kg) Province Jerome Daret 26/12/74 (44) Head coach - Second season as France Sevens coach - Played for France in first three years of world series ( ) 1 Jonathan Laugel 30/01/93 (26) FFR - Becomes third French player after Manoel Dall Igna (65) and Jean Baptiste Mazoue (63)Made France debut on series in Wellington in Played at RWC Sevens Marvin O Connor 18/04/91 (27) FFR - Called up as injury replacement in Hamilton last week - Made France debut on series in Dubai in Played in the World Rugby U20 Championship in 2011 (15s) 3 Pierre Mignot 13/04/96 (22) FC Grenoble - Made France debut on series in London in Former France U20 player 4 Thibault Mazzoleni 25/11/96 (22) SU Agen - Made France debut on series in Dubai in His appearance in Dubai was first tournament since Hong Kong Page 21 of 45

22 5 Stephen Parez Edo Martin Stephen Parez 01/08/94 (24) FFR - Made France debut on series in Wellington in Paulin Riva (captain) 20/04/94 (24) FFR - Made France debut on series in Dubai in Remi Siega 20/09/90 (28) URC Dumba - Made France debut on series in Paris in 2018 (only event) 8 Pierre Gilles Lakafia 12/03/87 (31) FFR - Last played on the series in R1 in Dubai - Made France debut on series in Hong Kong in Paul Bonnefond 13/09/88 (30) FFR - Made France debut on series in Glasgow in Jean Pascal Barraque 24/04/91 (27) FFR - Made France debut on series in Las Vegas in Antoine Zeghdar 22/05/99 (19) RC Toulon - Will make France debut on series in Las Vegas this weekend 12 Sadek Deghmache 05/10/95 (23) USA - Will make France debut on series in Las Vegas this weekend Perpignan 13 Samuel Alerte-Lecluse Samuel Alerte 22/04/92 (26) FFR - Made France debut on series in Dubai in Last played in Singapore in 2018 Information correct at time of publication. Page 22 of 45

23 JAPAN Head coach: Kensuke Iwabuchi Captain: Dai Ozawa and Kameli Raravou Soejima World Series record: th / DNP / DNP / DNP / DNP / DNP / DNP / DNP / DNP / DNP / DNP / DNP / th / th / th / th (relegated) / th / th (relegated) / th 2019 Series ranking: 15 Did you know...? Japan last played in Las Vegas in 2017, a year after they finished sixth in the event Japan reached 100 victories in series history in Sydney in round four, ending a run of 12 defeats in a row by beating Samoa Japan re-join the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series in 2019 as a core team after winning the qualifier in Hong Kong in April Japan won silver at the Asian Games 2018 in Indonesia in September after losing in final to Hong Kong Shirt # Full name Known as DOB (Age) Height Weight Club / Province Notes (cm) (kg) Kensuke Iwabuchi 30/12/75 (43) Head coach - Appointed head coach in May Played at RWC Sevens 1997 and Coached Japan at RWC Sevens Played at RWC 1999 (15s) 1 Siosifahaunga Lisala Siosifa Lisala 02/02/94 (25) Toyota Industries Corporation Shuttles - Made Japan debut on series in Hong Kong in Last played on series in London in Played in Japan s victory at series qualifier in Hong Kong in Played for Tonga at A and U20 level 2 Rikiya Oishi 29/01/93 (25) NEC Green Rockets - Made Japan debut on series in Wellington in Silver medallist at Asian Games Kippei Ishida 28/04/00 (18) Josho Gakuen High School - Will make Japan debut on series in Las Vegas this weekend - Bronze medallist at Youth Olympic Games Takehiro Nakazawa 10/09/91 (27) Ricoh Black Rams - Made Japan debut on series in Dubai in Kameli Raravou Latianara Soejima (cocaptain) Kameli Raravou Soejima 01/06/83 (35) Coca-Cola Red Sparks - Made Japan debut on series in Dubai in Last played on series in Paris in 2017 Page 23 of 45

24 when Japan finished fourth - Silver medallist at Asian Games Dai Ozawa (cocaptain) 08/05/89 (29) JRFU/Toyota Verblitz - One of only two players in Japan squad with more than five events to their name (20) - Made Japan debut on series in Tokyo in Silver medallist at Asian Games Taiki Koyama 31/10/94 (24) Made Japan debut on series in Singapore in 2018 (only event) 8 Yoshihiro Noguchi 26/12/94 (24) Senshu University - Made Japan debut on series in Singapore in Only event prior to playing in Dubai and Cape Town 9 Yoshikazu Fujita 08/09/93 (25) Panasonic Wild Knights - Last played on series in Las Vegas in Made Japan debut on series in Gold Coast in 2011 Played 31 tests for Japan from (15s) - Played at RWC 2015, against USA, scoring one try in win (15s) 10 Kazuhiro Goya 21/04/93 (25) First appearance of 2019 series - Last played on series in Las Vegas in Made Japan debut on series in Glasgow in Played in Japan s victory at series qualifier in Hong Kong in Played at World Rugby U20 Trophy in 2013 (15s) 11 Taisei Hayashi 27/06/92 (26) JRFU - Made Japan debut on series in Paris in Silver medallist at Asian Games Naoki Motomura 11/04/92 (26) Honda Heat - Made Japan debut on series in Las Vegas in Played in Japan s victory at series qualifier in Hong Kong in Silver medallist at Asian Games Teruya Goto 18/12/91 (27) NEC Green Rockets Information correct at time of publication. - Made Japan debut on series in Las Vegas in Last played on series in Singapore in 2016 scoring try in win over New Zealand Page 24 of 45

25 KENYA Head coach: Paul Murunga Captain: Jacob Ojee Nickname: Shujaa Sevens World Series record: th / th / Ninth / th / Seventh / Sixth / Eighth / Ninth / th / Fifth / Seventh / th / Seventh / th / 2018 Eighth 2019 Series ranking: 13 Did you know? Kenya s only Cup title on the series came in Singapore in 2016 Kenya were the Challenge Trophy runners up in Hamilton, easily their best result of the series after twice finishing joint 15th Shirt # Full name Known as DOB (Age) Height (cm) Weight (kg) Club / Province Notes Paul Murunga 10/11/80 (38) Head coach - Appointed in October Dubai will be his first tournament in charge as Innocent Simiyu was in charge for Rugby Africa Sevens Championship - Assistant coach when Kenya won their only Cup title in Singapore - Played three events on series between Played at RWC Sevens Played test rugby for Kenya from (15s) - Former Kenya U20 assistant coach (15s) 1 Vincent Onyala 10/12/96 (22) KCB - Made Kenya debut on series in Cape Town in Charles Omondi 27/10/91 (27) Homeboyz - Made Kenya debut on series in Dubai in Mike Agevi 23/09/91 (27) Mwamba RFC - Last played on series in London in Made Kenya debut on series in Gold Coast in Played at Commonwealth Games in Played seven tests for Kenya in (15s) 4 Brian Wahinya 02/08/97 (21) Blakblad - Made Kenya debut on series in Dubai in Cyprian Kuto 24/11/91 (27) Homeboyz - Made Kenya debut on series on Gold Coast in Played test rugby for Kenya in 2013 and 2016 (15s) Page 25 of 45

26 6 Bush Mwale 14/11/93 (25) Homeboyz - Made Kenya debut on series in Gold Coast in Before appearance in Hamilton he had last played on series in London in Brian Wandera 17/02/94 (25) Made Kenya debut on series in Hamilton in Herman Francis Hunwa Herman Humwa 08/11/95 (23) Kenya Harlequins - Made Kenya debut on series in Dubai in Played at Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games 9 Michael Wanjala 16/08/89 (29) Homeboyz - Made Kenya debut on series in Wellington in Before appearance in Hamilton he had last played on series in London in Played in World Rugby U20 Trophy in 2009 on home soil (15s) 10 Daniel Taabu 19/01/96 (23) Mwamba RFC - Made Kenya debut on series in Dubai in Jacob Ojee (captain) 07/03/91 (27) KCB - Made Kenya debut on series in Gold Coast in Before Hamilton, had last played on series in Port Elizabeth in Played test rugby for Kenya from , including in three RWC 2019 qualifiers in 2018 (15s) 12 Edmund Anya 15/06/98 (20) Impala Saracens - Will make Kenya debut on series in Las Vegas this weekend - Played two tests for Kenya in 2018 as part of RWC 2019 qualification process (15s) 13 Johnstone Olindi 04/11/99 (19) Homeboyz - Made Kenya debut on series in Dubai in 2018 Information correct at time of publication. Page 26 of 45

27 NEW ZEALAND Head coach: Clark Laidlaw Co-captains: Sione Molia and Tim Mikkelson Nickname: All Blacks Sevens World Series record: Champions / Champions / Champions / Champions / Champions / Champions / Fourth / Champions / Champions / Fourth / Runners-up / Champions / Champions / Champions / Champions / Third / Third / Fourth / 2018 Third 2019 Series ranking: 1 Did you know? New Zealand have never won the USA Sevens in Las Vegas, although they did win in Los Angeles in 2004 and San Diego in 2008 New Zealand became the first team to win 800 matches in sevens series history in Hamilton New Zealand have scored the most points (27,320) and tries (4,346) in series history New Zealand have won the series title on 12 occasions but not since New Zealand have never finished lower than fourth in a series The All Blacks Sevens were nominated for Team of the Year at the Halberg Awards (along with Black Ferns Sevens who won award) New Zealand won their first title in Dubai since 2009 in round one, they also beat USA again in Sydney final Shirt Full name Known as DOB (Age) Height (cm) Weight Club / Province Notes # (kg) Clark Laidlaw 16/07/97 (41) Head coach - Second season as head coach, starting role in June Previously All Blacks Sevens skills coach and video analyst - Former Scotland Sevens player, appearing on series between Played for Scotland at RWC Sevens Nominated as Coach of the Year at the Halberg Awards 1 Trael O Flaherty-Joass Trael Joass 14/05/93 (25) Tasman - Played in Cape Town and Sydney rounds in 2019 series - Made New Zealand debut on series in Sydney in Gold medallist at RWC Sevens Gold medallist at Commonwealth Games in Tim Mikkelson (cocaptain) 13/08/86 (32) Waikato - Becomes fourth player to reach 80 series tournaments after James Rodwell (90), DJ Forbes (89) and Dan Norton (81) Page 27 of 45

28 - Missed Dubai and Cape Town due to birth of first child - Made New Zealand debut on series in George, South Africa, in World Rugby Men s Sevens Player of the Year Gold medallist at RWC Sevens 2013 and Gold medallist at Commonwealth Games in 2010 and Tone Ng Shiu 26/05/94 (24) Tasman - Made New Zealand debut on series in Wellington in Joseva Ravouvou Joe 21/03/91 (27) Auckland - First appearance on 2019 series after missing Dubai and Cape Town after receiving New Zealand citizenship - Made New Zealand debut on series in Hong Kong in Gold medallist at RWC Sevens Joint top-try scorer at RWC Sevens 2018 with Siviwe Soyizwapi (RSA) on five 5 Scott Gregory 07/01/99 (20) Northland - Called up as an injury replacement in Hamilton in R3 - Made New Zealand debut on series in Dubai in Signed first All Blacks Sevens contract in November 2018 for season 6 Vilimoni Koroi 17/04/98 (20) Otago - Made New Zealand debut on series in Wellington in Last played on series in Las Vegas in Gold medallist at Commonwealth Games in Played at World Rugby U20 Championship in 2018 (15s) 7 Sam Dickson 28/10/89 (29) Canterbury - Named in HSBC Dream Team for R4 in Sydney - Made New Zealand debut on series in Dubai in Gold medallist at Commonwealth Games in Gold medallist at RWC Sevens Akuila Rokolisoa 26/07/95 (23) Counties Manukau - Only appearance on 2019 series was in Dubai - Made New Zealand debut on series in Hong Kong in Gold medallist at RWC Sevens Signed new All Blacks Sevens contract in November Regan Ware 07/08/94 (24) Bay of Plenty - Returns after missing Cape Town round through injury - Made New Zealand debut on series in Dubai in Gold medallist at RWC Sevens Gold medallist at Commonwealth Games in 2018 Page 28 of 45

29 - Played for Maori All Blacks v USA in November 2018 (15s) 10 Kurt Baker 07/10/88 (30) Manawatu - Named in HSBC Dream Team for R4 in Sydney - Made first appearance on 2019 series in Hamilton after missing Dubai and Cape Town through injury - Made New Zealand debut on series in Dubai in Returned to 2018 series having not featured in series - Gold medallist at RWC Sevens 2013 and Gold medallist at Commonwealth Games in 2010 and Signed new All Blacks Sevens contract in November 2018 until Jona Nareki 27/12/97 (21) Otago - Made New Zealand debut on series in Hong Kong in Gold medallist at RWC Sevens Missed tournament in Dubai after being injured in build-up 12 Sione Molia (cocaptain) 05/09/93 (25) Counties Manukau - Leads DHL Performance Tracker after four rounds of 2019 series - Named in HSBC Dream Team for R2 in Cape Town - Captained New Zealand in Cape Town - Made New Zealand debut on series in Las Vegas in Gold medallist at RWC Sevens Gold medallist at Commonwealth Games in Te Puoho Stephens 06/07/95 (23) Tasman - Will make New Zealand debut on series if called upon as injury replacement in Las Vegas - Non-contracted player part of development programme Information correct at time of publication. Page 29 of 45

30 SAMOA Head coach: Sir Gordon Tietjens Captain: David Afamasaga Nickname: Manu Samoa World Series record: Fourth / Fourth / Seventh / Sixth / Sixth / Sixth / Fifth / Third / Third / Seventh / Champions / Fifth / Fourth / Fourth / Eighth / th / Ninth / th / th 2019 Series ranking: 10 Did you know? Las Vegas is one of only two venues where Samoa have won more than one Cup title, in 2010 and 2012 (Hong Kong 2007 and 2010 the other) Samoa are one of only four nations to have won the series title, doing so in Gordon Tietjens son Paul is coaching Papua New Guinea women s in Sydney Sevens this weekend Shirt # Full name Known as DOB (Age) Height (cm) Weight (kg) Club / Province Notes Gordon Tietjens 09/12/55 (63) Head coach - Third year as Samoa coach - Coached at a fifth RWC Sevens in Coached New Zealand at RWC Sevens 2001, 2005, 2009 and 2013 and Samoa at RWC Sevens Most successful coach in rugby sevens history led New Zealand to two RWC Sevens, 12 series and four Commonwealth Games titles in 22 years in charge - World Rugby Hall of Fame inductee - Knighted in the New Years Honours in Tofatuimoana Solia Tofatu Solia 21/03/93 (25) Tornaedo Falealili - First appearance on the 2019 series - Made Samoa Sevens debut on series in Gold Coast in Played at Commonwealth Games in Played at World Rugby U20 Championship in (15s) Page 30 of 45

31 2 Alamanda Lolo Motuga Alamanda Motuga 11/09/94 (24) Manurewa, Counties Manukau, NZL - Top try scorer on 2019 Series with 12 - Made Samoa Sevens debut on series in Las Vegas in Played at Commonwealth Games in Siaosi Asofolau 28/09/90 (28) Made Samoa debut on series on Gold Coast in Last played on series in Singapore in Played in Olympic Games repechage in Monaco 4 Johnny Samuelu 30/03/95 (23) Vaiala - Made Samoa debut on series in Dubai in Maauga Iamanu 04/10/90 (28) Satalo RC - Will make Samoa debut on series in Las Vegas this weekend 6 Murphy Pocetta Joseph Paulo Murphy Paulo 01/05/91 (27) Tornadoes, Falealili - Made Samoa Sevens debut on series in Dubai in First appearance on 2019 series after missing Dubai and Cape Town - Last played on series in Singapore in Played at Commonwealth Games in Melani Matavao 19/11/95 (23) Vaiala RC - Will make Samoa debut on series in Las Vegas this weekend - Played nine tests for Samoa from (15s) - Scored four tries in two matches against Germany in RWC 2019 qualifier play-off in 2018 (15s) - Scored seven tries in six tests in 2018 (15s) - Played at World Rugby U20 Championship in 2015 (15s) - Played for Samoa A from (15s) 8 John Vaili 07/06/95 (23) Made Samoa debut on series in Dubai in Played for Samoa A in World Rugby Pacific Challenge and Americas Pacific Challenge in 2017 and 2018 (15s) 9 Tila Mealoi 28/06/91 (27) Apia Maroons - Played on 2019 series in Dubai and Cape Town - Made Samoa debut on series in Glasgow in Played at Commonwealth Games in Played one test for Samoa in 2017 (15s) - Also played for Samoa A (15s) 10 Elisapeta Alofipo 11/12/97 (21) Sasaai / Savai i - Made Samoa debut on series in Vancouver in Played at Commonwealth Games in Played for Samoa A in 2017 (15s) 11 Joe Perez 10/03/93 (25) Marist Samoa, Apia West - Named DHL Impact Player for R4 in Sydney - Missed Dubai and Cape Town rounds in 2019 series - Made Samoa Sevens debut on series in Wellington in 2017 Page 31 of 45

32 12 David Jerusalem Afamasaga (captain) David Afamasaga 29/07/94 (24) Auckland Marist, NZL 13 Danny Tusitala 18/10/91 (27) Ponsonby (NZL) / Stade Aurillacois Cantal Auvergne (FRA) Information correct at time of publication. - Named in HSBC Dream Team for R2 in Cape Town - Made Samoa debut on series in Cape Town in Played at Commonwealth Games in Made Samoa debut on series in Dubai in Did not play on series after Sydney 2016 until London Played three tests for Samoa in 2016 (15s) Page 32 of 45

33 SCOTLAND Head coach: John Dalziel Captains: Robbie Fergusson and Jamie Farndale World Series record: th / DNP / th / th / th / Ninth / th / Ninth / th / th / th / th / th / th / th / Seventh / th / Seventh / th 2019 Series ranking: 7 Did you know? Scotland is the birthplace of sevens, the format being played for the first time in Melrose in 1883 Scotland have won two Cup titles on the series, both in London in 2016 and 2017 Scotland s best result in the 2018 series is joint-fifth in Hamilton Shirt Full name Known as DOB (Age) Height Weight Club / Province Notes # (cm) (kg) John Dalziel 08/02/77 (41) Head coach - Second season as Scotland Sevens coach - Former Scotland U20 coach - Played for Scotland Sevens in Hong Kong in Scott Riddell 05/10/85 (33) Scotland Sevens - Played his 70th series event in Hamilton, becoming the first Scot to reach the milestone - Made series debut for Scotland in San Diego in Played at RWC Sevens 2009, 2013 and Nyle Godsmark 10/04/92 (26) Melrose - Made Scotland debut on series in Gold Coast in Has a black belt in karate 3 Alec Coombes 26/11/95 (23) Stirling County - Called up as an injury replacement in Hamilton - Made Scotland debut on series in Sydney in Played at World Rugby U20 Championship in 2015 (15s) - Born in Hong Kong 4 Robbie Fergusson (co-captain) 30/08/93 (25) Ayr - Made Scotland debut on series in Dubai in Played in two World Rugby U20 Championships ( ) Page 33 of 45

34 5 Harvey Elms 01/06/95 (23) Currie - Made Scotland debut on series in Dubai in Glenn Bryce 07/06/91 (27) Watsonians - Missed Sydney after pectoral injury in Hamilton - Made Scotland debut on series in London in Before Hamilton he last played on series in Singapore in Played at Commonwealth Games in Played in World Rugby U20 Championship in 2011 (15s) 7 Jamie Farndale (co-captain) 21/02/94 (24) Edinburgh Accies - Made Scotland debut on series in London in Played in three World Rugby U20 Championships ( ) - Previously represented Scotland in Home Unions competition in pentathlon 8 Charlie Shiel 03/12/97 (21) Edinburgh Rugby - Made Scotland debut on series in Paris in 2018 (only event) - Father Graham played 18 tests for Scotland (15s) - Grandfather Dougie Morgan played 21 tests for Scotland and toured with British and Irish Lions in Played at World Rugby U20 Championship in 2016 and 2017 (15s) 9 Sam Pecqueur 25/08/94 (24) Melrose - Made Scotland debut on series in Cape Town in Gavin Lowe 01/03/95 (23) Ayr - Made Scotland debut on series in Dubai in Played in World Rugby U20 Championship in 2014 (15s) - Won the Scottish Schools Football Cup in Scottish Schools U14 badminton double champion in Max McFarland 13/07/93 (25) Currie - Made Scotland debut on series in Dubai in Born in Ireland but has a Scottish grandfather - Has a degree in Business and Russian from Trinity College in Ireland 12 Ross McCann 30/10/97 (21) Melrose - Made Scotland debut on series in Dubai in Played for Scotland at World Rugby U20 Championship in 2017 (15s) 13 Jack Cuthbert 03/09/87 (31) Heriots - Recovered from hand injury to be selected for first time in 2019 series - Last played on series in Paris in Made Scotland debut on series in London in 2014 Page 34 of 45