The 2019 Rugbytown Sevens will take place at Infinity Park at Glendale on August 23-25. The international tournament features 20 teams vying for the Championship and the $10,000 prize. Tickets are available and the match is being streamed.
In addition to a champion being crowned Pool A features an all military sevens division of the US Army, US Navy, US Air Force, US Marines, and the Coast Guard. Winning the Armed Forces Championship is coveted, with Army winning six consecutive years since 2013.
Pool B features the North American Lions, Ramblin’ Jesters, Barbados JetBlue, Sacramento Eagles, and Glendale Merlins.
In Pool C are the Denver Rugby 7s, SoCal Griffins, Tiger Rugby, Tsunami Sport Barbarians, and Celtic Barbarians.
Pool D includes CCIG Life West, the USA Collegiate All-Americans, Lomaiviti Rugby USA, Marlborough Compeed 7s, and NOLA Gold.
Schedule and Results
On August 23 pool matches will begin at 11:00 and end at 9:20 pm MT. On August 24 Pool matches will begin at 11:00 am, the US Armed Forces Championship will be at 3:50 pm, the quarterfinals begin at 5:05 pm and end at 7:55 pm MT. On August 25 the semifinals will begin at 11:00 am with the Cup Final at 4:50 pm MT.
2019 Rugbytown Sevens Squads
Pool A
US All Army; 1 Nick Fields 2 Cristian Ortega 3 Jake Lachina 4 Andy Sullivan 5 Aaron Retter 6 Sean Rafferty 7 Dacoda Worth 8 Michael Melendez-Rivera 9 Nate Conkey 10 Will Holder (C) 11 Cody Melphy 12 Luke Hein
US All Navy: 1 Rickey Neel-Feller (C) 2 Adam D’Amico 3 Spencer Craig 5 Taylor Smith 7 Dustin Smith 9 Thabo Moyo 10 Paulo Bukadrokadroka 11 Rob Owen 12 Sava Voyne 13 John Magness 14 Michael Fletcher
US Air Force: 1 Mark Griffin 2 Ryan Roger (Co-Cap) 3 Wesley Meredith 4 Dylan Vogel 5 Garrett Jameson 6 Austin Ollis 7 Jessie Washington 8 Joe Tuisee 9 Calvin Johnson 10 Drew Busbee (Co-Cap) 11 Bertie Quai Hoi 12 Junro Esterhuizen
Coast Guard: 1 Brian Deely 2 Creighton Chong 3 Matt McDaniels 4 Kieran McGuire 5 Jethro Hauser 6 Jakobi Bradford 7 Alex Vinkavich 8 Daniel Kellam 9 John Curtiss 10 Andrew Moeller 11 Chad Morris 12 James Duhamel
US Marines: 1 Alan Mcalister 2 Arthur Carney 3 Michael Galvan 4 Russell Bolton 7 B.M. Ferrer Green 8 A.M. Rueda Arreguin 9 Brock Pickrel 10 Cody Asbury 11 Percy Gonzales 12 Nicholas Gutierrez 13 Donovan Bates 15 Cole Euverard
Pool B
Tiger Rugby: 1 Brad Tucker 2 Chad London 3 Harry Higgins 4 Mat Turner 5 Robbie Chalmers 6 Josh Whippy 7 Scott Bickerstaff 8 Conor Bickerstaff 9 Ryan Cochran 10 Alex Elkins 11 Tom Varndell 12 Vatemo Ravouvou
Denver Rugby 7s: 1 Siale Maka 2 Jeremy Misailegalu 3 Lance Williams 4 Bobby Impson 5 Noah Pflaum 6 Harley Davidson 7 Aren Martin 8 Alex Wormer 9 Eric Sylles Jr. 10 Jaime Mata Sanchez 11 Aaron Gray 12 Kenny Scott
SoCal Griffins: 1 Keni Nasoqeqe 2 Sione Masoe 3 Pita Semane 4 Ben Weischedel 5 Sione Ma’u 6 Chad Joseph 7 A. Cornu-Labat 8 Joseph Mano 9 Filimoni Botitu 10 Andrew Jackson 11 Narada Jackson 12 William Wardlaw
Celtic Barbarians: 1 Matoko Noudehou 2 Nick Taylor 3 Corey Jones 4 Jarrad Saint 5 Mike Islava 7 B. Schellenberger 8 Alex Augspurg 9 Dominique Dobbins 10 Brendon Curle 11 Daemon Torres 1 Colton Cariaga
Tsunami Sport Barbarians: 1 Mitch Voralek 2 Tevita Maitavuki 3 Miguel Paljij 5 Ryan Menzies 6 Gavan D’Amore-Morrison 7 Philip Slater 8 Uluiyata Batinisavu 9 Joe Van Zyl 10 Gabe Casey 11 Les Mcilroy 12 Chase Schor-Haskin 13 Tana Christian
Pool C
Glendale Merlins: 1 Lui Kabanaivalu 2 Patrick Drauyawa 3 Etuate Varea 4 Letia Nigara 5 Epineri Feoko 6 William Grace 7 Ray Robanakadavu 8 Sakeasi Rokotuiviwa 9 Joshua Llaneza 10 Kevin Hein 11 Evan Johnston 12 Jordan Savage
Barbados JetBlue: 1 Sean wArd 2 Enrique Oxley 3 John Millar 4 Dario Stoute 5 Liam Caddy 6 Jake Caddy 7 Aaron Radley 8 Callum Dunne 9 Nickolie Bennett 10 Mikyle Walcott 11 Kris Carrington 12 Simeon John
Ramblin’ Jesters: 1 Marcus Tupuola 2 Maceo Brown 4 Shane Barry 5 Eric Naposki 6 Mark Roche 7 Naca Kinikinilau 8 Travion Clark 9 Dan Rowland 10 Noah Sixton 12 Harry McNulty 14 Joe Schroeder 15 Crhis Wolfe-Elder
Sacramento Eagles: 1 Dominic Oliveira 2 Vai Liu 3 Mosese Lalasava 4 Jacob Boettcher 5 Aerrick Hunter 5 Juta Vakuba 6 Robert Vagauhn 6 Thomas Blanchard 7 Anasa Koroitamana 8 Johnphilip Corpus 9 Eric Michael Fallon 10 Samuel Biutu
North American Lions: 1 Lucas Horton 2 Dominic Tianga 3 Matthew Fish 4 Crosby Stewart 6 Ethan Hager 7 James Vaifale 9 Patrick Madden 10 Thomas Isherwood 11 John Bradfield 11 John McCurdy 13 John McCarthy 15 Austin Pinnell
Pool D
USA Collegiate All-Americans: 1 Cian Berry 2 harley Wheeler 3 Cole Zarcone 4 Jack Wendling 5 Danny Giannascoli 6 Erick Bleakley 7 D’Montae Noble 8 Wesley White 9 Cristian Rodriguez 10 Troy Lockyear 11 Sam Cusano 12 Santiago Mascolo
CCIG Life West: 2 Zach Bonte 3 Tommy Clark 4 Devereaux Ferris 5 Naima Fualaau 6 Chris Mattina 7 Tim Stanfill 8 Curtis Reid 9 Nick Boyer 10 Penetana Smith 11 Kyle Rogers 12 Pei Tameifuna 13 Deion Mikesell
NOLA Gold: 1 Ludwig Van Der Merwe 2 Holden Yungerrt 3 Ross Depperschmidt 4 Jon Hughes 5 Michael Baska 6 JoJo Tikoisuva 7 Kevin O’Connor 8 Moni Tongauiha 9 Nick Feakes 10 Samiu Muna 11 Andrew Guerra 12 Teli Veamatahau
Lomaiviti Rugby USA: 1 Tu Bola Waqalevu 2 Luke Nadurutalo 3 Viliami Vuli 4 Tavite Gadeisuva 5 William Rasileka 6 Osea Kolinisau 7 Eminoni Mafi 8 Etu Qionimacawa 9 Ilivasi Navia 13 Napo Koroi 14 Tevita Salato 15 Kitione Ratu
Marlborough Compeed 7s: 1 Sevu Mocenacagi 2 Siti Tamaivena 3 Ashley Williams 5 Suli Tamaivena 6 Sai Vunivesilevu 7 Peceli Rinakama 8 Waisea Nacugu 10 Alasio Naduva 11 Kane Marafono 12 Ryan Morrell 13 Mitieli Vulikijapani 14 Joe McGill
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