January 9, 2017
Viña del Mar 7s Pools, Fixtures & Squads
Doug Coil
The Viña del Mar 7s in Chile is the second of two legs of the South American Sevens international competition.
The rankings from Punta del Este were used to seed the Viña del Mar 7s. In Pool A, Argentina, who won the first leg with a try at death over Fiji, is joined by the USA Falcons, Uruguay and Brazil. In Pool A are Fiji, Chile, Colombia and the Canada Maple Leafs.
There is another competition also at stake for a place in the 2017 Las Vegas 7’s, Vancouver 7’s and the Hong Kong Sevens. Entering the Viña del Mar 7s, the standings are Chile (17 points), followed by Uruguay (12 points), Colombia (10 points) and Brazil (7 points). The team that finishes first from these four nations will participate in all three tournaments, while the team in second will also go to the Hong Kong Sevens. Total points from the both South American Sevens legs will determine these teams. Points for a 1-8 finish in each leg receive 22, 19, 17, 15, 12, 10 8 and 7 points, respectively.
Read USA Rugby Falcons Finish 4th at Punta del Este 7s which recaps the Punta del Este 7s.
Pools
- A: Argentina, USA, Uruguay, Brazil
- B: Fiji, Chile, Colombia, Canada
At the Viña del Mar 7s there are international and club brackets. The matches for the international bracket are listed below.
Saturday, January 14, 2017 (Time local, EST is 2 hours prior)
- M5, 13:20 Argentina v Brazil
- M6, 13:40 USA Falcons v Uruguay
- M7, 14:00 Fiji v Canada Maple Leafs
- M8, 14:20 Chile v Colombia
- M13, 16:00 Argentina v Uruguay
- M14, 16:20 USA Falcons v Brazil
- M15, 16:40 Fiji v Colombia
- M16, 17:00 Chile v Canada Maple Leafs
- M21, 19:10 Argentina v USA Falcons
- M22, 19:30 Uruguay v Brazil
- M23 19:50 Fiji v Chile
- M24, 20:10 Colombia v Canada Maple Leafs
Sunday, January 15, 2017 (Time local, EST is 2 hours prior)
- M25, 12:30 Quarterfinal A1 v B4
- M26, 12:50 Quarterfinal A2 v B3
- M27, 13:10 Quarterfinal A3 v B2
- M28, 13:30 Quarterfinal A4 v B1
- M33, 15:10 Semi-final Loser M25 v M27
- M34, 15:30 Semi-final Loser M26 v M28
- M35, 15:50 Semi-final Winner M25 v M27
- M36, 16:10 Semi-final Winner M26 v M28
- M41, 18:10 7th Place Loser M33 v M34
- M42, 18:30 5th Place Winner M33 v M34
- M43, 18:50 3rd Place Loser M35 v M36
- M45, 19:40 Final Winner M35 v M36
International Bracket Squads
Pool A
Argentina Los Pumas: Renzo Barbier (San Luis), José Barros Sosa (Tucumán Lawn Tennis), Lautaro Bazán (Córdoba Athletic), Lucas Belloto (Huirapuca), Felipe Del Mestre (Pucará), Juan Delguy (Pucará), Matías Ferro (Tucumán Lawn Tennis), Luciano González (La Tablada), Nicolas Menéndez (Lomas Athletic), Matías Osadczuk (SITAS), Mauro Perotti (CASI), Joaquín Riera (Los Tarcos)
Brazil Tupis: Ariel Da Silva Rodrigues (Oldbury)- Bruno Garcia Da Silva (Oldbury)- Daniel Lima da Silva (White River)- Felipe Gomes Rosa (São José Dos Campos)- Laurent Johann Jose Bourda-Couhet (Girl Scouts)- Lucas Drudi Romeo (Oldbury)- Matthew Star Miller Tavares (Runcorn)- Matheus Augusto De Souza Claudio (Oldbury)- Matheus Cruz Vergueiro and Silva (Oldbury)- Matheus Da Cruz Daniel (Oldbury)- Robert Aguinaldo Tenorio Da Silva Santos (Pasteur)- Ronaldo Da Silva Santos (Pasteur)
Uruguay Los Teros: 1 Gabriel Puig 2 Guillermo Strauch 3 Mateo Tortorella 4 Santiago Civetta 5 Federico Cibils 6 Sebastian Janssen 7 Lucas Duran 8 Ian Schmidt 9 Ignacio Inchausti 10 Ignacio García 11 Francesco Berchesi 12 Martín Fitipaldo + Head Coach Francisco Bulanti
USA Falcons: Walter Elder, Alex Elkins, JP Eloff (captain), Alex Faison-Donahoe, Matt Hughston, Cody Jerabek, Tua Laei, Chris Mattina, Aladdin Schirmer, Joey Sok, Keaweamahi “Havea” Unufe, Anthony Welmers + Head Coach Paul Holmes, Athletic Trainer Kevin Ng
Pool B
Fiji BaaBaas: 1. Seru Cavuilati 2. Mesulame Kunavula 3. Levani Kurumudu 4. Meli Rusa 5. Semisi Matawalu 6. Amenoni Nasilasila 7. Kalione Nasoko 8. Sevuloni Naturudregadrega (Sevuloni Tawake) 9. Timoci Sinate 10. Rusiate Tadulala 11. Alivereti Veitokani 12. Nacanieli Lalalaba
Canada Maples Leafs: Jake Thiel, Josiah Morra, Kevin Vertkas, Riley DiNardo, Aaron McLelland, Aidan McMullan, Kainoa Lloyd, Brett Johnson, Aaron Hersant, Crosby Stewart, Andrew Battaglia, Kyle Lagasco + Head Coach Lee Douglas, Ass’t Coach Andrew Hall, Athletic Therapist Nicole Allen
Chile Condores: 1 Franco Velarde 2 Ignacio Silva Aninat 3 Bernardo Moltedo 4 Felipe Brangier 5 MartÍn Verschae 6 Nicholás Herreros 7 Marcelo Torrealba 8 Benjamín Devidts 9 Francisco Urroz 10 Lucas Westcott 11 Francisco Metuaze 12 Julio Blanc
Colombia Los Tucanes: Alejandro Vanegas Rodríguez, Sebastián Mejia, Andrés Felipe Alvarez Echeverri, Juan José Zapata Congote, Jhoan Sebastian Zurique Borja, Jhon Arley Urrutia Robledo, Juan Gabriel Dávila Metaute, Daniel Lopez Montoya, José Ricardo Ramirez Talero, Cristian Camilo Benítez, José Manuel Diosa Gómez, Brayan Campiño
