Salesi Rayasi and Akuila Rokolisoa have been picked in the All Blacks 7’s team for the opening two tournaments of the HSBC World Rugby Men’s Sevens Series in Dubai and Cape Town.
Scott Curry and Tim Mikkelson will again join as co-captains for the season.
Other seasoned reps include Dylan Collier, Sam Dickson, Kurt Baker, Andrew Knewstubb, Sione Molia, Joe Webber and Regan Ware.
In the past two seasons, the All Blacks Sevens have made three of the four finals in Dubai and Cape Town.
Coach, Clark Laidlaw says they are hoping to get off to another good start and build momentum but they are realistic that everyone will have had solid pre-seasons and will be ready to go.
🎥 WATCH | This time last year William Warbrick was carving it up at Ignite7 and now he's heading to Dubai and Cape Town as part of the All Blacks Sevens @worldrugby7s team!
— All Blacks Sevens (@AllBlacks7s) November 25, 2019
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The All Blacks Sevens squad is; Kurt Baker, Dylan Collier, Scott Curry, Sam Dickson, Andrew Knewstubb, Kapiti Ngarohi McGarvey-Black, Tim Mikkelson, Sione Molia, Tone Ng Shiu, Salesi Rayasi, Akuila Rokolisoa, William Warbrick, Regan Ware and Joe Webber
🚨 TEAM ANNOUNCEMENT | The #AllBlacks7s team has been named for the first two stops of the 2019/20 HSBC Sevens Series in Dubai and Cape Town!
— All Blacks Sevens (@AllBlacks7s) November 25, 2019
FULL DETAILS 👉🏼 https://t.co/MXzm7Hc2Yn pic.twitter.com/yEKwyZCjD4
