Australian 7's head coach Andy Friend has named two debutants in his squad for this weekend’s World Rugby Sevens Series event in Wellington.
Tate McDermott and Dylan Pietsch will make their debuts for Australia, as two of five changes to the squad that finished 11th in Cape Town last month.
Former captain Ed Jenkins will sit out the New Zealand leg of the series after injuring his shoulder in Cape Town last month while forward Jesse Parahi succumbed to a jaw injury at training.
Australia have been drawn in Pool B alongside South Africa, Japan and Olympic Gold Medalists the Vodafone Fiji 7s but are keeping one eye on their home tournament in Sydney the following weekend.
Fiji will meet Australia in their first pool match at 10.46am on Saturday before facing Japan at 2.10pm while Fiji’s last pool match will be against South Africa at 6.18pm.
The medal quarterfinals will begin at 11.38am Sunday while the semifinals will begin at 4.16pm.
The medal final will be held at 7.30pm Sunday.
Australia squad:
Henry Hutchison, Tom Kingston, Sam Myers, Alex Gibbon, James Stannard, Tate McDermott, Boyd Killingworth, Dylan Pietsch, Tim Anstee, Michael Adams, Charlie Taylor, Conor Mitchell, Simon Kennewell
