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The Pumas 7s crushed Australia in the final and shouted champions in Perth to extend their dominance on the world circuit

2024-01-28T10:29:21.880Z

Highlights: Argentina's Pumas 7s beat Australia 31-5 in the final of the Perth Sevens. It was their second title after the first three stages of the world circuit of the specialty. They have already won two of the three tournaments of the season. The team's goal is to qualify for the Paris Olympic Games in 2020. The new format of the circuit is made up of seven tournaments and a final series in which the champion will be defined. The competition will last seven months with the participation of 12 selected teams.


It was an overwhelming 31-5 over the local team in the definition of the third stage of the year. They have already won two of the three tournaments of the season. In the semifinal, Santiago Gómez Cora's team had left Ireland on the road.


The Pumas 7s

defeated Australia 31-5 this Sunday and became champions of the Perth Sevens, in Australia, to win their second title after the first three stages of the world circuit of the specialty.

Yes, Santiago Gómez Cora's pupils are intractable.

Marcos Moneta scored the first try of the game to give the national team the advantage, which had just beaten Ireland in the semifinals.

Pellandini hit the conversion drop shot as Argentina won the first half 7-0.

Already at the start of the second half, Germán Schulz accelerated fully to break the Australians and stretch the gap to 14-0 after Santiago Mare's conversion.

And the match was defined when Matías Graziano finished in the rival goal and Mare hit the target from an impossible angle to make the score 21-0.

Towards the end, Moneta and Graziano again scored a try for Los Pumas to seal a phenomenal performance and win a great game.

Matthew Gonzalez's agonizing run did not change history at all.

The first competition of this season was in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and the champion was South Africa after beating Argentina 12-7, while the second date was held in Cape Town, South Africa, and Los Pumas 7s won the gold after overcoming in the final to Australia 45-12.

The great goal of Los Pumas 7s is the Paris Olympic Games, for which they qualified by being second in the last circuit behind the champion New Zealand.

The idea is to improve on the bronze achieved in Tokyo 2020 after beating Great Britain 17-12 in the third place match, which meant the first medal for the Argentine delegation at that event.

New format

With a new format, now called SVNS, the international calendar is made up of seven tournaments and a final series in which the champion of the season will be defined.

The competition will last seven months with the participation of 12 selected teams, who will compete and score points in the ranking throughout the first seven stages.

After them, the eight best in the table will reach the Grand Final in Madrid to fight for the season crown, while the other four teams (from 9th to 12th place) will face the four best from the World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series .

The top four from that repechage will enter the following year's SVNS main draw.

The circuit will continue with the following schedule: February 23 to 25, Vancouver Seven;

March 2-3, Los Angeles Seven;

April 5-7, Hong Kong Seven;

May 3 to 5, Singapore Seven and May 31 to June 2 the final in Madrid Final.

Source: clarin

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