Spain's national rugby sevens team is one of 15 core teams participating in all ten tournaments of the World Rugby Sevens Series, having qualified by winning the 2017 Hong Kong Sevens qualifier tournament. Spain participated as a core team in the 2012–13 IRB Sevens World Series, but was relegated the following season.
The Ireland women's national rugby sevens team participates in international competitions such as the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series, the Rugby World Cup Sevens, the Rugby Europe Women's Sevens and Rugby sevens at the Summer Olympics. Unlike the Ireland women's national rugby union team, the sevens team is a professional team with players contracted to the Irish Rugby Football Union.
Karen Paquin is a Canadian rugby union player. Known for her power and speed, she is skilled at both the sevens and 15s version of the game.
Marcus Watson was an English rugby union player who played at wing and fullback for Benetton in the United Rugby Championship.
This article shows the rosters of all participating teams at the men's rugby sevens tournament at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
Gastón Revol is an Argentine rugby union player. He plays rugby sevens for Argentina 7s.
Kameli Soejima is a Fijian born Japanese rugby union player. He represents Japan in rugby sevens and made his debut at the 2014 Dubai Sevens. He is Japan's top try-scorer in the 2015–16 World Rugby Sevens Series, and was also one of their top try-scorers last season.
Noriko Taniguchi is a Japanese rugby sevens player. She was a member of the Japan women's national rugby sevens team at the 2016 Summer Olympics. She won a silver medal at the 2014 Asian Games in rugby sevens.
Chisato Yokoo is a female Japanese rugby sevens player. She was part of Japan's sevens team that won silver at the 2014 Asian Games. She played at the 2016 Summer Olympics as a member of the Japan women's national rugby sevens team.
Kazushi Hano is a Japanese rugby sevens player. He competed for Japan 7s at the 2016 Summer Olympics. He was in Japan 7s's team for the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea; he scored one of two tries to help Japan win gold.
Masakatsu Hikosaka is a Japanese rugby sevens player. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics for Japan 7s's rugby sevens team. He also won a gold medal at the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea as a member of the Japan 7sese squad. He plays in the Top League for Toyota Verblitz.
Kazuhiro Goya is a Japanese rugby sevens player. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics for Japan 7s. He played at the 2015 ARFU Men's Sevens Championships where Japan beat Hong Kong to qualify for the Olympics.
Teruya Goto is a Japanese rugby sevens player. He competed for Japan 7s at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Brazil. He scored the first try in their upset against New Zealand at the Olympics.
Shohei Toyoshima is a Japanese rugby sevens player. He was selected for Japan 7s's sevens team to the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Sacha Valleau is a French rugby sevens player. He represented France 7s at the 2016 Summer Olympics. He is a fan of EFL Championship side Fulham FC.
Vincent Inigo is a French rugby sevens player. He was selected to represent France 7s at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Brazil.
Bautista Ezcurra is an Argentine professional rugby union player. He currently plays for FC Grenoble in the French Pro D2.
Germán Schulz is an Argentine rugby sevens player. He competed for Argentina 7s at the 2016 Summer Olympics and won the bronze medal in the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Felipe Claro Santa’Ana Silva is a Brazilian rugby sevens player. He was named in Brazil 7s's sevens squad for the 2016 Summer Olympics. He was named in the Brazilian squad that played in a two-match test series against Germany in 2015.
André Silva is a Brazilian rugby sevens player. He was named in Brazil 7s's sevens squad for the 2016 Summer Olympics. He also played at the 2015 Pan American Games for Brazil.
