Frente a 50.000 espectadores en el nuevo Estadio
de Ciudad del Cabo, el poderoso equipo de Nueva Zelanda venció Argentina 38-14 en la final de oro del Seven
de Ciudad del Cabo. Allí los Pumas 7s
escribieron una de sus mejores páginas de su trayectoria.
Esa performance en la segunda etapa del Circuito
Mundial de seven 2017/2018, catapultó a los Pumas 7s al quinto lugar de la
clasificación con 24 puntos, por detrás solamente Nueva Zelanda 41, Sudáfrica
39, Fidji 28 e Inglaterra 27.
Y en los 6 encuentros (3 de la ronda
clasificatoria y 3 de la promoción al oro), fue protagonista el trío cordobés
formado por Conrado Roura (21 años, del Palermo Bajo), Lautaro Bazán Vélez (21
años del Córdoba Athletic) y Luciano González Rizzoni (20 años de La Tablada).
Ellos se pusieron al hombro a la escuadra entrenada
por el porteño Santiago Gómez Cora y el tucumano Leonardo Gravano, marcando
Roura 40 puntos producto de 8 tries, máximo tryman argentino y la figura sin lugar a dudas en éste final de año.
Lautaro Bazán Vélez totalizó 38 puntos, producto
de 2 tries y 14 conversiones y Luciano González Rizzoni totalizó 15 puntos con
tres ensayos de tremenda espectacularidad y en momentos de alta intensidad. Los
tres veteranos son la columna vertebral de Argentina 7s. Junto a ellos destacaron los porteños Rodrigo
Etchart con 32 puntos y Franco Sábato con 30 y el debutante mendocino
Maximiliano Filizzola, en sus primeros desafíos en el frenesí del juego
reducido.
Ésta realidad sudamericana prevaleció ante los
dos exponentes de Norteamérica: Estados
Unidos (eliminado en cuartos) y Canadá (en la cuneta en semifinales), Argentina
7s dejó su sello cordobés ante el público sudafricano que palpitaba otra final
más de sus Blitzboks.
Pumas 7s fifth in world
circuit with Roura, Bazán Vélez and González Rizzoni
In front of 50,000 spectators
at the new Cape Town Stadium, the powerful New Zealand team beat Argentina
38-14 in the Gold final of the Seven in Cape Town. There the Pumas 7s wrote one
of his best pages of his career.
That performance in the second
stage of the World Tour of 2017/2018, catapulted the Pumas 7s to fifth place in
the standings with 24 points, behind only New Zealand 41, South Africa 39, Fiji
28 and England 27.
And in the 6 matches (3 of the qualifying round and 3 of the gold promotion), was protagonist the Cordoba’s trio formed by Conrado Roura (21 years old, from Palermo Bajo Club), Lautaro Bazán Vélez (21 years old from Córdoba Athletic Club) and Luciano González Rizzoni (20 years of La Tablada). They put on the shoulder the squad trained by Santiago Gómez Cora from Buenos Aires and Leonardo Gravano from Tucumán, marking Roura 40 points product of 8 tries, maximum Argentinian tryman and the figure without a doubt in this end of the year.
And in the 6 matches (3 of the qualifying round and 3 of the gold promotion), was protagonist the Cordoba’s trio formed by Conrado Roura (21 years old, from Palermo Bajo Club), Lautaro Bazán Vélez (21 years old from Córdoba Athletic Club) and Luciano González Rizzoni (20 years of La Tablada). They put on the shoulder the squad trained by Santiago Gómez Cora from Buenos Aires and Leonardo Gravano from Tucumán, marking Roura 40 points product of 8 tries, maximum Argentinian tryman and the figure without a doubt in this end of the year.
Lautaro
Bazán Vélez scored 38 points, product of 2 tries and 14 conversions and Luciano
González Rizzoni scored 15 points with three tremendous tries for the spectacularity
and in moments of high intensity. The
three veterans are the backbone of Argentina 7s.
Along with them stood Rodrigo Etchart with 32 points and Franco Sábato with 30 from Buenos Aires and debutant Maximiliano Filizzola from Mendoza, in their first challenges in the frenzy of reduced game seven a side.
This South American reality prevailed before the two exponents of North America: the United States (eliminated in quarterfinals) and Canada (in the ditch in semifinals), Argentina 7s left its Córdoba’s seal in front the South African public that throbbed another final of its Blitzboks.
Along with them stood Rodrigo Etchart with 32 points and Franco Sábato with 30 from Buenos Aires and debutant Maximiliano Filizzola from Mendoza, in their first challenges in the frenzy of reduced game seven a side.
This South American reality prevailed before the two exponents of North America: the United States (eliminated in quarterfinals) and Canada (in the ditch in semifinals), Argentina 7s left its Córdoba’s seal in front the South African public that throbbed another final of its Blitzboks.
