England has announced a team that includes seven Olympians for the first stop of the World Rugby Sevens Series in Dubai next weekend.
The squad, captained by Tom Mitchell, will play Samoa, Russia and New Zealand on Day One.
Mitchell is joined by fellow Olympians Dan Bibby, Phil Burgess, Ollie Lindsay‑Hague, Rua-ridh McConno-chie, Dan Norton and James Rodwell.
Meanwhile, the Vodafone Fiji 7s team will present their I-Tatau to the President tomorrow.
Fiji is pooled with Canada, Wales and Argentina.
The Dubai 7s will be held from next Friday to Sunday.
Fiji will take on Canada at 7.52pm next Friday, we then play Wales at 11.36pm while our final pool match is against Argentina at 4.48am next Saturday.
The Cup quarters start at 8pm next Saturday, the Cup semis start at 1.41am next Sunday while the Final kicks off at 4.33am Sunday.
England team for Dubai 7s:
Dan Bibby, Tom Bowen, Phil Burgess, Alex Davis, Richard de Carpentier, Ollie Lindsay‑Hague, Charlie Hayter, Ruaridh McConnochie, Tom Mitchell (c), Dan Norton, James Rodwell, Ethan Waddleton.
