Argentina have named one debutant in their 12-man Sevens squad to compete in the Emirates Airline-sponsored Dubai and South Africa Sevens, the first two events of the 2008/09 IRB Sevens World Series.
Between them brothers Santiago and Pablo Gomez Cora provide much of the squad's experience - they have played in 80 tournaments between them - while the remaining 10 players have made a total of 62 event appearances.
Leonardo Senatore represents the Pumas at Sevens level for the first time.
Santiago Gomez Cora, who captained Argentina during their impressive end to the 2007/08 season, is closing in on 200 career tries in IRB Sevens.
Currently on 197, he is 24 tries ahead of the closest challenger in that list, South African Fabian Juries.
Argentina squad: Martin Bustos Moyano, Dino Tomás Caceres, Gonzalo Camacho, Pablo Gomez Cora, Santiago Gomez Cora, Lucas Gonzalez Amorosino, Francisco Merello, Hernán Olivari, Tomás Paserotti, Martín Rodriguez, Horacio San Martin, Leonardo Senatore
Juries misses South Africa training camp
Neither speedster Fabian Juries nor forward Schalk van der Merwe is included in South Africa's 24-man training camp in Stellenbosch ahead of those opening Series tournaments. Both are understood to be going on to play for the Vodacom Cheetahs in the Super 14.
The squad, listed below, is set to undergo fitness and medical assessments under coach Paul Treu at the Sports Science Institute of South Africa in Newlands.
SA training squad:
SA Rugby-contracted: Ryno Benjamin, Paul Delport, Renfred Dazel, Robert Ebersohn, Frankie Horne, Mpho Mbiyozo, Chase Minnaar, Neil Powell, Marius Schoeman, Mzwandile Stick, Vuyo Zangqa
Blue Bulls: Tendayi Chikukwa, Marnus Schoeman
Boland: Sampie Mastriet, Neil Papier, Deon Scholtz
Free State: Howard Noble, Phillip Snyman
Leopards: Shuaib Sumaai
Mpumalanga: Shaun Venter
KwaZulu-Natal: Ian Adendorff
Western Province: Kyle Brown, Ridowaan de Bruyn
