RUGBY-LOS PUMAS 7S – TELAM Agency
The Argentine rugby sevens team, Los Pumas 7s, thrashed Fiji today 40-12 (PT 14-5) in their second appearance in the London tournament, eleventh and last stage of the World Rugby Tour organized by World Rugby (WR), of which they are already runner-up behind New Zealand, having qualified for Paris 2024.
In the first presentation, the team led by Santiago Gómez Cora had beaten Japan 43-12 (PT 12-12) and leads Group B with six units, followed by Fiji and Ireland with four and Japan with two.
Argentina added their points with tries by Germán Schulz, Rodrigo Isgro, Mateo Graziano and Tomás Elizande; a try and a conversion from Moneta and Luciano González, a conversion from Tobías Wade and two conversions from Santiago Vera Feld.
The Pumas 7’s will play again today at 1:55 p.m. in our country at the mythical Twickenham stadium against Ireland in the last group match.
Sevens in London has the peculiarity that it is played with 12 teams in three zones of four teams, with the first two from each zone and the two best third-placed advancing to the quarterfinals.
This last stage is very important since the fourth and last place for the Paris 2024 Games will be defined, which will be decided between Australia with 125 points and South Africa and Samoa, with 116 each.
In London there is a fourth group of four teams that play the playoffs to stay in the WR circuit in 2024, made up of Uruguay, Kenya, Canada and
Tonga.
In that group they play all against all and the first two will play the final tomorrow, whose winner will continue on the circuit.
Source: Ambito
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