Teddy Stanaway and Isaac Te Tamaki have drawn the short straws after the naming of Gordon Tietjens' squad of 12 for the Dubai Sevens, kicking off tomorrow.
The All Blacks Sevens have travelled with 14, so that pair drop out, at least for this weekend.
The team is: Dylan Collier(Waikato), Scott Curry (Bay of Plenty, c), Sam Dickson (Canterbury), DJ Forbes (Counties Manukau), Gillies Kaka (Hawke's Bay), Tim Mikkelson (Waikato), Declan O'Donnell (Waikato), Lewis Ormond (Taranaki), Augustine Pulu* (Counties Manukau), Sherwin Stowers (Counties Manukau), Regan Ware* (Waikato), Joe Webber (Waikato) *new cap
The team includes two new caps in Chiefs halfback Augustine Pulu and Waikato speedster Regan Ware.
Beaudein Waka has been ruled out of Dubai and Cape Town after suffering a knee injury in training earlier this week. He has been replaced by Gillies Kaka.
The All Blacks Sevens are drawn in Pool C and play France and Portugal before finishing the day against USA who ended last season by winning the London Sevens.
Friday December 4 - Pool Play 10.30am (7.30pm NZT) v France 2.14pm (11.14pm NZT) v Portugal 7.58pm (5.58am Sat December 5 NZT) v USA Saturday December 5 - Finals
