The Pumas 7’s and a historic comeback against New Zealand in the Vancouver Sevens

The Pumas 7’s They played the semifinals for fifth place against New Zealand and they took the game 24-21. The set of Santiago Gomez Cora reacted in time and managed to keep the match in vancouver.

When Dylan Collier and Frank Vaenuku They had ahead of the New Zealanders 14-0 and Santiago Alvarez He saw yellow in the national team, the outlook was not encouraging. But, as always in Vancouver, the spirit of Los Pumas 7’s appeared: at the end of the first half, it was Luciano Gonzalez who cut himself alone and achieved the discount.

It was the Rioja back himself who, at the beginning of the complement, managed to capture a ball that had no owner and sealed his double with another great individual action. From there, two conquests came almost simultaneously: first, Santiago Alvarezwho managed to capture the exit alone and escaped through the left end; and then the Sebastian Dubucwho on the other side of the field finished sealing the comeback for the Argentine team.