Australia Thunderbolts Sevens coach Michael O'Connor has named his squad for the NZ 7'S, welcoming a number of players back from injury.
The squad is still without regular captain Ed Jenkins, who injured his shoulder during the Gold Coast Sevens, with O'Connor yet to decide on a replacement captain for Wellington.
Forward Jesse Parahi is back in the side for the first time after suffering an injury at the Coral Coast Sevens in November last year, while Allan Fa'alava'au, Lewis Holland and Shannon Walker all return to the backline.
Australia is in Pool D alongside Portugal, Fiji and Scotland.
The New Zealand 7s kicks off in Wellington next Friday with Fiji taking on Scotland at 1.50pm in its first pool match.
Fiji then takes on Australia at 4.46pm and the last pool match is against Portugal at 8.34pm.
Story by: Aliki Bia
