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CONSUR nations kick-off Mar del Plata Sevens

Tuesday 5 January 2010 (UR7s)

The Mar del Plata Sevens starts tonight in Argentina with the South American Men and Women’s pool stages set to take place at the Sporting Club.

In the Men’s competition, Argentina enter as heavy favourites and are placed in Zone A to be joined by Brazil, Peru, and Paraguay. The Pumas are currently sitting in fifth place in the IRB Sevens World Series and head to Mar del Plata with a confidence boosting Cup semi-final in George before Christmas.

Argentina include a strong side including the return of brothers Santiago and Pablo Gomez-Cora. Pedro Garzon, Juan Imhoff, and Joaquin Todeschini are also included.

“The team is a good one, we have a mixture of players who we had the luck to be in the first two stages of the Circuit (IRB Sevens),” said Todeschini.

“It is the first time that I’ve played at the South American championships. I was speaking with several of the boys who played previously and they told me what a great experience it was”.
 

Top seeds in Zone B will be Uruguay who are joined by Venezuela, Chile, and Colombia with all sides hunting for regional bragging rights.

The Pumas kick-off the tournament against Peru at 16:00 local time.

Mar del Plata also welcomes six women’s teams for their own championship with Brazil still undefeated against regional opposition leading the line up. They showed their class at the Rugby World Cup Sevens in March last year reaching the final of the Bowl and narrowly missed out to China 10-7.

They again have an experienced side possessing the likes of Beatriz Futuro and Emily Barker.

Uruguay, Peru, Chile join the Brazilians in Zone A. Zone B sees Argentina, Venezuela, Colombia, and Paraguay line-up.

The tournament moves from the Sporting Club to the Mundialista Stadium, which hosted the World Cup back in 2001, on Wednesday and Thursday.

Mar del Plata Fixtures: Tuesday 4 January

South American Men

Tuesday, 5 January (Southern Union):

Zone A:

16:00 Argentina | Peru
16:20 Brazil | Paraguay
17:20 Argentina | Paraguay
17:40 Brasil | Perú
18:40 Paraguay | Perú
19:00 Argentina | Brasil
 

Zone B

16:40 Chile | Venezuela
17:00 Uruguay | Colombia
18:00 Chile | Colombia
18:20 Uruguay | Venezuela
19:20 Colombia | Venezuela
19:40 Chile | Uruguay 

South American Women

Zone A:

16:40 Uruguay | Chile
17:00 Brasil | Perú
18:00 Uruguay | Perú
18:20 Brasil | Chile
19:00 Chile Perú

Zone B:

16:00 Venezuela | Colombia
16:20 Argentina | Paraguay
17:20 Venezuela | Paraguay
17:40 Argentina | Colombia
18:40 Colombia | Paraguay

COMMENTS

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Manuel Cabral Tue 5 Jan 2010 21:25

It is important to notice that a "A" argentinian team has been at Punta del Este and from the four finalists three are from Argentina, with La Plata beating Uruguai in the round robin phase, and loosing to Samoa in the semi final. And, of course, the Buenos Aires selected, beating Argentina "A" in the semi-final and Samoa in the final. What I mean is that the quality of the Pumas VII, it's third place in the 2009 World Cup 7's, comes not from nothing - it comes from a huge basis of good teams and players and the popularity of sevens in Argentina. Keep that in mind. The future will have alot of blue sky colours...

It is important to notice that a "A" argentinian team has been at Punta del Este and from the four finalists three are from Argentina, with La Plata beating Uruguai in the round robin phase, and loosing to Samoa in the semi final.
And, of course, the Buenos Aires selected, beating Argentina "A" in the semi-final and Samoa in the final.
What I mean is that the quality of the Pumas VII, it's third place in the 2009 World Cup 7's, comes not from nothing - it comes from a huge basis of good teams and players and the popularity of sevens in Argentina.
Keep that in mind. The future will have alot of blue sky colours...
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Robin Heymann Tue 5 Jan 2010 23:37

Agreed Manuel, there seems to be some really good depth there...really promosing and i love the variety of tournaments Argentine sides seem to attend.

Agreed Manuel, there seems to be some really good depth there...really promosing and i love the variety of tournaments Argentine sides seem to attend.
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