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This past weekend Uruguay´s famous beach town of Punta del Este played host to one of the premier events on the South American rugby calender - the Punta del Este Rugby Sevens. The two day event featured 18 teams from South America´s southern cone, including the national Sevens teams of Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay. The tournament winners were nosurprize as they were the same as from 2010 - URBA as the Buenos Aires combined side defeated another Argentine team, the Northern Argentine city of Salta, 19-10 in the final.
Salta got to the final after winning their Pool in matches against Chile and Uruguayan club Old Boys. This put them into a Quarter Final against a mixed side,Toyota 7 which they won to qualify for the semi finals. Their opponent was Brazil who showed everybody just how much progress has indeed been made on the rugby field and that the countries rugby authorities are very much in preperation mode for hosting Rugby Sevens at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games. Brazil were not handed an easy draw, not at all. They got to the semi finals after wining their group which featured Lobos and Argentine Province Entre Rios before facing off in a true international vs Uruguay and winning 15-12 in a truely groundbreaking victory. Brazil fell short in the semifinal vs Salta in losing 14-7 but had unquestionably left their mark as a team of the future and the result was enough for them to officially finish in third place
Performances from the other South American countries was mixed. Paraguay were the most disappointing as they went through the tournament winless. Chile were quite unlucky as they started their campaign with a 10-5 win vs Old Boys before losing 7-5 to Salta in their second match. This meant they would not participate in the Cup Semi Finals. They did however have a Bowl Quarter Final which was against Paraguay and saw Chile win 19-10. Chile went on to face a mixed team in Moby Dick in the Bowl Semi final and were defeated 24-12. Uruguay performed well in the tournament as they went through thir pool without much oppositiona s they knocked over Nordeste 19-0 and Moby Dick 12-0 to go on to face Brazil and be favourites to advance to the Cup Semi Final. The unexpected loss to Brazil put Uruguay into the Plate Semi Final in a match vs Toyota 7 which Uruguay won 7-0. Curiously, this meant only Brazil had breached Uruguay´s try line in four matches. Their defence was not up to these standards in the sides final match, however, as Argentina´s second alrgest city, Córdoba won the Plate Final 19-14.
Match List
Saturday
Salta 36-5 Old Boys
Entre RÃos 19-7 Lobos
Toyota 7 35-5 Paraguay
Noreste 5-7 Moby Dick
Bridgestone 7 14-24 Carrasco Polo
Citi 7 17-0 Old Christians
Chile 10-5 Old Boys
Brazil 15-0 Lobos
Paraguay 7-24 Rosario
Uruguay 19-0 Nordeste
URBA 14-10 Carrasco Polo
Córdoba 22-5 Old Christians
Chile 5-7 Salta
Brazil 5-0 Entre RÃos
Rosario 5-31 Toyota 7
Uruguay 12-0 Moby Dick
URBA 10-5 Bridgestone 7
Córdoba 10-14 Citi 7
Sunday
Fixture Challenge
Old Christians 10-19 Nordeste
Bowl Quarter Finals
Bridgestone 7 7-31 Moby Dick
Paraguay 10-19 Chile
Old Boys 24-19 Entre RÃos
Lobos 12-17 Rosario
Cup Quarter Finals
Salta 12-7 Toyota 7
Brazil 15-12 Uruguay
URBA 19-0 Carrasco Polo
CITI 7 17-12 Córdoba
Bowl Semi FinalsMoby Dick 24-12 Chile
Old Boys 17-12 Rosario
Plate Semi Finals
Toyota 7 0-7 Uruguay
Carrasco Polo 7-19 Córdoba
Cup Semi Finals
Salta 14-7 Brazil
URBA 31-0 CITI 7
Bowl Final
Moby Dick 17-12 Rosario
Plate Final
Uruguay 14-19 Córdoba
Cup Final
Salta 10-19 URBA
This past weekend Uruguay´s famous beach town of Punta del Este played host to one of the premier events on the South American rugby calender - the Punta del Este Rugby Sevens. The two day event featured 18 teams from South America´s southern cone, including the national Sevens teams of Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay. The tournament winners were nosurprize as they were the same as from 2010 - URBA as the Buenos Aires combined side defeated another Argentine team, the Northern Argentine city of Salta, 19-10 in the final.
Salta got to the final after winning their Pool in matches against Chile and Uruguayan club Old Boys. This put them into a Quarter Final against a mixed side,Toyota 7 which they won to qualify for the semi finals. Their opponent was Brazil who showed everybody just how much progress has indeed been made on the rugby field and that the countries rugby authorities are very much in preperation mode for hosting Rugby Sevens at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games. Brazil were not handed an easy draw, not at all. They got to the semi finals after wining their group which featured Lobos and Argentine Province Entre Rios before facing off in a true international vs Uruguay and winning 15-12 in a truely groundbreaking victory. Brazil fell short in the semifinal vs Salta in losing 14-7 but had unquestionably left their mark as a team of the future and the result was enough for them to officially finish in third place
Performances from the other South American countries was mixed. Paraguay were the most disappointing as they went through the tournament winless. Chile were quite unlucky as they started their campaign with a 10-5 win vs Old Boys before losing 7-5 to Salta in their second match. This meant they would not participate in the Cup Semi Finals. They did however have a Bowl Quarter Final which was against Paraguay and saw Chile win 19-10. Chile went on to face a mixed team in Moby Dick in the Bowl Semi final and were defeated 24-12. Uruguay performed well in the tournament as they went through thir pool without much oppositiona s they knocked over Nordeste 19-0 and Moby Dick 12-0 to go on to face Brazil and be favourites to advance to the Cup Semi Final. The unexpected loss to Brazil put Uruguay into the Plate Semi Final in a match vs Toyota 7 which Uruguay won 7-0. Curiously, this meant only Brazil had breached Uruguay´s try line in four matches. Their defence was not up to these standards in the sides final match, however, as Argentina´s second alrgest city, Córdoba won the Plate Final 19-14.
Match List
Saturday
Salta 36-5 Old Boys
Entre RÃos 19-7 Lobos
Toyota 7 35-5 Paraguay
Noreste 5-7 Moby Dick
Bridgestone 7 14-24 Carrasco Polo
Citi 7 17-0 Old Christians
Chile 10-5 Old Boys
Brazil 15-0 Lobos
Paraguay 7-24 Rosario
Uruguay 19-0 Nordeste
URBA 14-10 Carrasco Polo
Córdoba 22-5 Old Christians
Chile 5-7 Salta
Brazil 5-0 Entre RÃos
Rosario 5-31 Toyota 7
Uruguay 12-0 Moby Dick
URBA 10-5 Bridgestone 7
Córdoba 10-14 Citi 7
Sunday
Fixture Challenge
Old Christians 10-19 Nordeste
Bowl Quarter Finals
Bridgestone 7 7-31 Moby Dick
Paraguay 10-19 Chile
Old Boys 24-19 Entre RÃos
Lobos 12-17 Rosario
Cup Quarter Finals
Salta 12-7 Toyota 7
Brazil 15-12 Uruguay
URBA 19-0 Carrasco Polo
CITI 7 17-12 Córdoba
Bowl Semi FinalsMoby Dick 24-12 Chile
Old Boys 17-12 Rosario
Plate Semi Finals
Toyota 7 0-7 Uruguay
Carrasco Polo 7-19 Córdoba
Cup Semi Finals
Salta 14-7 Brazil
URBA 31-0 CITI 7
Bowl Final
Moby Dick 17-12 Rosario
Plate Final
Uruguay 14-19 Córdoba
Cup Final
Salta 10-19 URBA
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