Quade Cooper has signed up to Australia's rugby sevens program in a bid to be part of their Rio 2016 Olympic squad.
The 27‑year‑old will be released by his French club Toulon for the Sydney, Paris and London legs of the 2015‑16 Sevens World Series.
Cooper says the Olympics is a real opportunity to grow Sevens rugby in Australia and he wants to be a part of that.
He has played 58 times for the Wallabies.
Meanwhile, two new players have been named in the Australia 7s team for the Wellington sevens.
Simon Kennewell and John Porch will make their debuts in Wellington.
Australia is pooled with Kenya, Canada and Portugal at the Wellington Sevens.
Australian 7s team:
Henry Hutchison.
Tom Kingston.
Sam Myers.
Tom Lucas.
James Stannard.
Simon Kennewell.
Sam Figg.
Greg Jeloudev.
Boyd Killingworth.
Allan Fa'alava'au.
Stephan van der Walt.
John Porch.
Source: ARU
