2018–19 World Rugby Sevens Series squads

This is a list of the complete squads for Series XX of World Rugby Sevens for men's teams.

Captains for a tournament have their jersey numbers marked in bold.

Argentina Coach: Santiago Gómez Cora

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Australia Coach: Tim Walsh

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Canada Coach: Damian McGrath (the first eight tournaments, concluding at Singapore) Henry Paul (interim)

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England Coach: Simon Amor

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Fiji Coach: Gareth Baber

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France Coach: Jérôme Daret

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Japan Coach: Kensuke Iwabuchi

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Kenya Coach: Erick Ogweno

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New Zealand Coach: Clark Laidlaw

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Samoa Coach: Gordon Tietjens

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Scotland Coach: John Dalziel (to Singapore) Scott Forrest (interim)

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South Africa Coach: Neil Powell

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Spain Coach: Pablo Feijoo

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United States Coach: Mike Friday

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Notes At Singapore, the United States had a late injury to Martin Iosefo which ruled him out of the team. Ben Broselle was elevated to the twelve. Pat Blair joined the squad as the thirteenth man.

Wales Coach: Richie Pugh

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Non-core teams One place in each tournament of the series is allocated to a national team based on performance in the respective continental tournaments within Africa, Asia, Europe, Oceania, and the Americas.

Chile Coach: Edmundo Olfos

+ team members 2018–19PlayerPositionNumber Las Vegas Vancouver     2 11111 1 –2 882 12122 551 –102 992 662 412 342 771 10–1 –32 22

Hong Kong Coach: Paul John

+ team members 2018–19PlayerPositionNumber Singapore     1412191816110131715111111Back12

Ireland Coach: Anthony Eddy

+ team members 2018–19PlayerPositionNumber London Paris     2Forward451 Forward –11Back7–2Back6 62Forward5131 Forward –42Back881Back9–1Forward1–2Back10101 Back –72Forward222Forward331 Back –112Back12121Back11–2 Back 13 9

Portugal Coach: Diogo Mateus

+ team members 2018–19PlayerPositionNumber Hong Kong     14181Forward71Forward115110113191111Forward21Forward611213

Tonga Coach: Tevita Tuʻifua + team members 2018–19PlayerPositionNumber Hamilton Sydney     23321 1219–288244213 921212552Back1010277222211111–13266

Zimbabwe Coach: Gilbert Nyamutsamba

+ team members 2018–19PlayerPositionNumber Dubai Cape Town     2  5 5 2  7 7 2  4 4 2  11 11 2  6 6 2  9 9 2  3 3 2  113 2  1010 2  1212 2  2 2 2  8 8 1  – 1

See also 2018–19 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series squads

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