The Australian Men’s Sevens team have named seven new players for Hong Kong 7s with coach Andy Friend focused on the Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast the following weekend.
Olympian Con Foley returns to the Australian fold as does Sam Figg, with Australia’s next generation to take centre stage at the world-famous tournament.
Australia is in Pool B alongside Spain, Canada and Kenya.
Friend says they have set the Commonwealth Games as a key tournament at the start of the season so Hong Kong will be a great opportunity for some of their younger players to get some World Series experience.
Meanwhile, the Fiji Airways Men’s National 7s team will play Samoa at 12.43am next Saturday in their first pool match of the Hong Kong 7s, we then play Russia at 5.54pm next Saturday and then take on New Zealand at 9.54pm next Saturday.
The quarterfinals will be held at 2.15pm next Sunday, semifinals will start at 7.41pm next Sunday while the Final will be held at 11pm next Sunday.
Source: Australia Rugby Union
