The Argentine team seeks to seal its ticket to the next Olympic event, where it could repeat the feat of the last Games, when it was bronze.
The Argentine rugby team Cougars 7s beat today to Germany by 29 to 7 (PT 22 to 0), for Group B of the Seven de Toulouse, in the southwest of France, by the 10th. and penultimate stage of the World Circuit of the specialty, which organizes the World Rugby (WR).
The Pumas will play again this afternoon (at 2:00 p.m. in Argentina) against Spain and will finish the qualifying stage tomorrow morning against Great Britain. The British already beat the Iberians 14-0 on the first date.
The goals of Argentina, directed by santiago gomez Cora, came true with tries by Luciano González (2), Rodrigo Isgro (2) and Germán Schulz, with conversions by Tobías Wade and Santiago Feld; while the Germans added a try from Anton Gleitze, converted by Fabian Hempel.
Argentina’s initial formation was with Santiago Alvarez, L. González, Agustín Fraga, Gastón Revol, Marcos Monetta, Isgro and Wade. Then Schulz, Mateo Graziano, Vera Feld, Tomás Elizande and Joaquín Pellandini entered.
After making history in Tokio 2020where they won the bronze medal, the Pumas are one step away from paris 2024: The first four of the circuit go to the games, and would specify the classification by being among the top five in Toulouse.
The Pumas 7s need 11 points to not depend on other results. The points awarded are: 22 to the champion, 19 points to the runner-up; 17 to the third, 15 points to the fourth and 13 to the fifth. Therefore, an eventual fifth-place finish would put him in Paris.
New Zealand is the leader of the contest with 164 points and already has its quota for the next Olympic Games, while Argentina ranks second with 140 points, followed by Fiji with 130, France with 122 and Australia with 112.
The Pumas 7s have played 16 finals in the tournament’s history, which has been held since 1999, and won four gold medals, while they lost the remaining 12. The four titles were as follows: Hamilton (2023), Vancouver (2022), San Diego (2009) and Los Angeles (2004).
2023-05-12 14:05:03
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