Tietjens names his team for Adelaide
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:53
New Zealand Sevens coach Gordon Tietjens has named his 12-man squad for the Adelaide leg of the IRB Sevens World Series.
Tietjens has named a largely unchanged squad from the NZI Sevens and Las Vegas tournaments with Bay of Plenty’s Toby Arnold coming in to replace Counties Manukau speedster Sherwin Stowers who is ruled out with an ankle injury. Bay of Plenty’s Solomon King was also unavailable for selection due to injury.
Waikato’s Save Tokula will travel with the team after successfully appealing a six-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 play matches in Adelaide as he stood down for two games in Las Vegas already.
Tietjens said preparations for Adelaide were going well.
"We had a great start to the season but the team were disappointed with their performances in the last two tournaments and we know we need to play at a higher level and improve our accuracy to be successful in Adelaide and Hong Kong."
New Zealand currently leads the IRB Sevens World Series with two wins from four tournaments.
Following the Adelaide tournament the team will travel to Hong Kong for the sixth leg of the IRB Sevens World Series.
New Zealand Sevens: Kurt Baker, Tomasi Cama, DJ Forbes, Paul Grant, Tim Mikkelson, Zar Lawrence, Fritz Lee, Lote Raikabula, Ben Souness, Toby Arnold, Nafi Tuitavake, Save Tokula.
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