Argentina national rugby sevens team

The Argentina national rugby sevens team competes in the World Rugby Sevens Series, in the Rugby World Cup Sevens, and, beginning in 2016, in the Summer Olympics.

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Argentina women's national rugby sevens team.

Argentina
UnionArgentine Rugby Union
Emblem(s)Yaguareté
Coach(es)Santiago Gómez Cora
Captain(s)Gastón Revol
Most capsSantiago Gómez Cora (61)
Top scorerSantiago Gómez Cora (1,178)
Most triesSantiago Gómez Cora (230)
Team kit
Change kit
World Cup Sevens
Appearances6 (First in 1993)
Best resultRunners-up (2009)
Official website
uar.com.ar/category/seven/

The Argentine rugby sevens team has had some success in the World Rugby Sevens Series, finishing third in 2003-04, and finishing among the top six teams in five out of six seasons from 2003-04 to 2008-09. Argentina won the USA Sevens tournament in 2004 and again in 2009. During its peak, the Argentine team was led by Santiago Gómez Cora, who is ranked all-time first in tries (230), fifth in points (1,178), and third in appearances (61).

Argentina's best finish at the Rugby World Cup Sevens came in 2009, when the team reached the finals and finished as runners up.

Tournament history
* asterisk indicates a shared placing

Summer Olympic Games

Rugby World Cup Sevens
Argentina at the 2018 USA Sevens in San Diego
Rugby World Cup Sevens
Year Round Position Pld W L D
1993 Plate final 9 7 5 2 0
1997 Plate quarters  13* 5 2 3 0
2001 Semifinals   * 7* 5 2 0
2005 Quarterfinal  5* 6 4 2 0
2009 Final 6 5 1 0
2013 Plate semifinal  11* 5 2 3 0
2018 Quarterfinal 5 4 3 1 0
Total0 Titles7/74026140

Pan American Games
Pan American Games
Year Round Position Pld W L D
2011 Final 6 5 1 0
2015 Final 6 5 1 0
2019 Final 5 5 0 0
Total171520

World Games
World Gamesa
Year Round Position Pld W L D
2001[1] Did not participate
2005 Third playoff 5 3 2 0
2009 Third playoff 4 6 4 2 0
2013 [2] Final 6 5 1 0
Total0 Titles3/4171250

World Rugby Sevens Series
Main article: World Rugby Sevens Series

Argentina is a "core team" on the World Rugby Sevens Series. Their best season was the 2003–04 World Sevens Series, when they finished third.

Key to tournament locations
Africa and Middle East Asia
Oceania Europe
Americas Argentine event 

2010s
Summary for Series XI to XX
World Sevens Series
XI
09–10		 XII
10–11		 XIII
11–12		 XIV
12–13		 XV
13–14
 
7th*
Dubai		 9th
Dubai		 4th
Dubai		 9th
Dubai		 5th
Dubai
rd*
George		 6th
George		 11th*
Port Elizabeth		 4th
Port Elizabeth		 4th
Port Elizabeth
 
11th*
Wellington		 7th*
Wellington		 11th*
Wellington		 7th*
Wellington		 7th*
Wellington
rd*
Adelaide		 6th
Adelaide		 9th
Gold Coast		 5th
Gold Coast		 11th*
Gold Coast
 
11th*
Los Angeles		 7th*
Las Vegas		 6th
Las Vegas		 6th
Las Vegas		 7th*
Las Vegas
– – – cancelled†
Mar Del Plata		 –
 
13th*
Hong Kong		 13th*
Hong Kong		 6th
Hong Kong		 13th*
Hong Kong		 11th*
Hong Kong
– – 7th*
Tokyo		 10th
Tokyo		 13th
Tokyo
 
6th
Edinburgh		 11th*
Edinburgh		 7th*
Glasgow		 6th
Glasgow		 10th
Glasgow
rd*
London		 7th*
London		 4th
London		 7th*
London		 10th
London
 
8/8
62 pts

7th [3]

 8/8
38 pts

8th [4]

 9/9
92 pts

7th [5]

 9/9
84 pts

10th [6]

 9/9
75 pts

9th [7]

 Notes:
* Shared placing (play-off matches for third were introduced in 2012).
† World 7s component cancelled due to demands on UAR joining The Rugby Championship.
World Rugby Sevens Series
XVI
14–15		 XVII
15–16		 XVIII
16–17		 XIX
17–18		 XX
18–19
 
5th
Dubai		 7th*
Dubai
4th
Port Elizabeth		 nd
Cape Town
 
10th
Wellington		 6th
Wellington
6th
Gold Coast		 5th
Sydney
 
10th
Las Vegas		 7th*
Las Vegas
– 7th*
Vancouver
 
7th*
Hong Kong		 9th
Hong Kong
14th
Tokyo		 4th
Singapore
 
10th
Glasgow		 4th
Paris
10th
London		 6th
London
 
9/9
80 pts

8th [8]

 10/10
119 pts

5th



 Notes:
* Shared placing (play-off matches for third were introduced in 2012).
:† World 7s component cancelled

Team

Current squad
For a complete list of players in the current World Series, see 2018–19 World Rugby Sevens Series squads § Argentina.

Player records

The following shows leading career Argentina players based on performance in the World Rugby Sevens Series. Players in bold are still active.

Tries scored[9]
No. Player Tries
1 Santiago Gomez Cora 230
2 Franco Sabato 120
3 Diego Palma 76
4 Lucio Lopez Fleming 71
5 German Schulz 66

Previous squads
Squad to 2016 Summer Olympics

The following is the Argentina roster in the men's rugby sevens tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics. On August 9, Bruzzone replaced Etchart and Rojas by injury.[10][11]

Head coach: Santiago Gómez Cora

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Events Points Union
1 FW Fernando Luna (1990-05-12)May 12, 1990 (aged 26) 28 178 Córdoba Athletic
2 FW Santiago Álvarez (1994-02-17)February 17, 1994 (aged 22) 22 100 CASI
3 FW Germán Schulz (1994-02-05)February 5, 1994 (aged 22) 18 120 Tala
4 FW Juan Pablo Estelles (1988-05-05)May 5, 1988 (aged 28) 3 60 Atlético del Rosario
5 FW Axel Müller (1993-11-25)November 25, 1993 (aged 22) 21 212 Marista
6 BK Matías Moroni (1991-03-29)March 29, 1991 (aged 25) 13 139 CUBA
7 BK Javier Rojas (1991-04-15)April 15, 1991 (aged 25) 10 243 Universitario
8 BK Gastón Revol (c) (1986-11-26)November 26, 1986 (aged 29) 49 566 La Tablada
9 BK Rodrigo Etchart (1994-01-24)January 24, 1994 (aged 22) 19 175 SIC
10 BK Bautista Ezcurra (1995-01-16)January 16, 1995 (aged 21) 10 107 Hindú
11 BK Juan Imhoff (1988-05-11)May 11, 1988 (aged 28) 2 5 Racing 92
12 BK Franco Sábato (1990-01-13)January 13, 1990 (aged 26) 25 205 Alumni
13 BK Nicolás Bruzzone (1985-10-24)October 24, 1985 (aged 30) 54 292 Universitario

Tournament wins
Event Venue Cup
Winner Final Score Runner-up
2004 USA Sevens Home Depot Center,
Los Angeles
Argentina		 21 – 12
New Zealand
2009 USA Sevens Petco Park,
San Diego
Argentina		 19 – 14
England

See also

Notes

^a Rugby sevens was discontinued at the World Games after 2013 due to the sport returning to the Olympics in 2016.

References
  1. "World Games VI – Akita, Japan". Rugby7.com. 2001. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 27 July 2009. Retrieved 8 August 2009.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "2010 IRB Sevens Standings". Rugby7.
  4. "2011 IRB Sevens Standings". Rugby7.
  5. "2012 IRB Sevens Standings". Rugby7.
  6. "2013 IRB Sevens Standings". Rugby7.
  7. "2014 IRB Sevens Standings". Rugby7.
  8. "2015 IRB Sevens Standings". Rugby7.
  9. World Rugby website, current as of 15 March 2020
  10. "Argentina World Cup duo selected for the Rio". World Rugby. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
  11. http://www.ellitoral.com/index.php/id_um/134384-un-guino-del-destino-nicolas-bruzzone-participara-de-los-jjoo-seleccionado-de-rugby
  12. 2014 London Sevens Squad Archived 12 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine
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