Tokyo 2021 Olympic bronze medalist Argentina rugby sevens team, Los Pumas 7s, advanced to the quarter-finals of the World Cup in Cape Town this Friday, defeating Kenya 22-7 (PT 15-0). South Africa.
Argentina are back in action this Saturday against reigning world champions New Zealand, who beat Scotland 43-5. The match against the All Blacks will take place in our country at 2:35 PM at the 55,000 capacity Cape Town Stadium.
The goals for Argentina, led by Santiago Gomez Cora, were sealed by efforts from Mathias Osatzuk, Tobias Wade, Joaquin de la Vega and Alejo Lavayen, with Santiago Vera Felde converting.
Kenya scored a try through Vincent Onyala, converted by Samuel Olich. In the African team, Johnstone Olindi and Oleh received yellow cards (two-minute off-pitch penalty).
Argentina’s starting line-up consisted of Rodrigo Isgro, De La Vega, German Schulz, Wade, Luciano Gonzalez, Osatzuk and Gaston Reval.
Other round of 16 results: Ireland 17-England 5, France 19-Canada 12 and Samoa 40-USA 12 and Australia 35-Uruguay 0. Fiji-Wales and South Africa-Chile to play.
The quarter-finals will be played this Saturday, the semi-finals on Sunday, the third-place match and the final.
The tournament has a new live elimination tournament mode. For this reason, the eight best teams selected in the annual classification entered directly into the round of 16, which included Los Pumas along with England, France, USA, New Zealand, Fiji, Australia and South Africa.
Matches related to qualifying: Ireland 24-Portugal 0, Canada 31-Zimbabwe 7, Samoa 33-Uganda 7, Scotland 24-Jamaica 7, Kenya 19-Tonga 0, Wales 33-South Korea 10 Kong 7-Uruguay 19, Germany 12 – Chile 15.
The Argentina representative made his debut at the World Cup in Scotland (1993), where they beat Spain to win the silver cup (19-12), in Hong Kong (1997) he finished 13th and in Mar del Plata (2001). Third with PG.
In Hong Kong (2005), Las Pumas 7s lost to defending champions Fiji in the Gold Cup quarter-finals, in Dubai (2009) they fell in the Gold Cup final against Wales, and in Moscow (2013) they lost to Samoa in the semi-finals. Finished fifth in the Silver Cup and lost to USA in San Francisco (2018).
Source: Telam Agency
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