With mere hours until the start of the final tournament of the 2011/12 HSBC Sevens World Series, The coaches of all 16 national teams have declared their final squads of 12 for the Marriott London Sevens.
Career landmarks
Two senior players are set to hit career landmarks for World Series leaders New Zealand. Lote Raikabula will take part in his 50th IRB tournament, while captain DJ Forbes is only two tries away from becoming the 22nd try centurion in IRB Sevens rugby.
If Forbes adds two to his current tally of 98 he will join five of his countrymen – Tomasi Cama (116), Karl Tenana (113), Amasio Raoma (112), Tafai Ioasa (111) and Zar Lawrence (100) – on that list.
Changes and debutants
In setting out to clinch a 10th Series title, the kiwis make two changes from Glasgow with Jack Wilson and Kylem O’Donnell flying in to replace Bryce Heem and Charles Piutau.
Closest Series challengers Fiji are unchanged from the side that reached the semi finals in Glasgow.
The other World Series debutants are Aurelien Sourrouille for France, Scotland’s Rory Hughes and Cheslin Kolbe (pictured below by Gallo Images) who represents South Africa for the first time.
The Squads are:
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