Argentina women's national rugby sevens team
Appearance
Union | Unión Argentina de Rugby | ||
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Emblem(s) | Yaguareté (South American jaguar) | ||
Coach(es) | Miguel Seró[1] | ||
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Official website | |||
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The Argentina women's national rugby sevens team has been the second most successful team in South America after Brazil. At the CONSUR Women's Sevens, Argentina has been runner-up three times. They have won the 2012, 2013 and 2015 Seven de la República.
Argentina participated in the 2015 Hong Kong Women's Sevens, becoming the 38th nation to compete in Hong Kong since 1997. They were pooled with Canada, Samoa and Mexico.[2][3]
The team qualified to the 2016 Final Olympic Qualification Tournament.
2013 squad
12 member squad to the 2013 USA Women's Sevens in Houston [4]
- Gisela Acuna
- Gimena Acuna
- Lettizia Alcaraz
- Noelia Billerbeck
- Eugenia Botelli
- Rita Cazorla
- Isabel Fontanarrosa
- Viviana Garat
- Vanesa Garnelo
- Carolina Ohaco
- Vanesa Salas
- Xoana Sosa
2013 USA Sevens
POOL B
- South Africa 27 - 0 Argentina
- Canada 31 - 0 Argentina
- United States 41 - 0 Argentina
SF Bowl
11th/12th Place Playoff
- Trinidad and Tobago 5 - 25 Argentina
References
- ^ Argentina women buoyed by Houston experiences
- ^ "Teams Announced For Cathay Pacific / Hsbc Women's Sevens In 2015". hksevens.com. 29 January 2015. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
- ^ "Cathay Pacific / HSBC Hong Kong Women's Sevens". hksevens.com. 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-05-25. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
- ^ Squad list