Canada rugby coach, Damian McGrath has retained 11 of the squad that finished 13th at both the Dubai and Cape Town Sevens as the World Rugby Sevens Series heads to New Zealand.
Lucas Hammond returns to the fold and there is a first senior call‑up for Isaac Kay in the absence of Phil Berna and Liam Underwood.
John Moonlight has relinquished the captain’s armband, with Harry Jones taking on the role for the tournament in Wellington, while Nathan Hirayama has the responsibility in Sydney.
Canada have been drawn into Pool D with Wales, Scotland and Russia.
Meanwhile, the Vodafone Fiji 7s team will play Australia in their first pool match at 10.46am next Saturday before facing Japan at 2.10pm while Fiji’s last pool match will be against South Africa at 6.18pm next Saturday.
Source: World Rugby
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