Fiji born Save Tokula has been named in the New Zealand 7s squad for the Australia and Hong Kong 7s tournaments despite being suspended.

Tokula will travel with the team after successfully appealing a 6 match ban he received at the Las Vegas tournament.

On appeal the ban was reduced to four matches, meaning he will miss only the first two pool matches in Adelaide as he was stood down for two games in Las Vegas already.

New Zealand Sevens Coach Gordon Tietjens has named his 12 man squad, mostly unchanged from the New Zealand 7s and USA 7s, with Bay of Plenty's Toby Arnold coming in to replace Counties Manukau speedster Sherwin Stowers who is ruled out with an ankle injury.

Tietjens said preparations for Adelaide were going well.

He said they had a great start to the season but the team were disappointed with their performances in the last two tournaments and they know they need to play at a higher level and improve their accuracy to be successful in Adelaide and Hong Kong.

The 12-man squad named by Tietjens is Kurt Baker, Tomasi Cama, DJ Forbes, Paul Grant, Tim Mikkelson, Zar Lawrence, Fritz Lee, Lote Raikabula, Ben Souness, Toby Arnold,  Nafi Tuitavake and Save Tokula.

The Australia 7s tournament starts next Friday and New Zealand is drawn in Pool A with Scotland, Tonga and Argentina.