Australian Boys & Girls squads announced for World Schools 7s

Australian Youth Sevens coach Hugh Carpenter has named two strong squads to compete in Saturday's World Schools Sevens tournament in Auckland. Following last weekend's National Championships in Brisbane, the two squads headed straight into a two day camp at Nudgee College before flying out to New Zealand on Tuesday. Australia's boys and girls sides will compete against national teams from New Zealand, Samoa, Fiji, Tonga, Cook Islands, Canada and Japan in the one day tournament. "Both squads are looking really good. We were really impressed with the talent at the National Championships last weekend and the squads we've picked are full of talent," Carpenter told Rugby News. "Three of the girls have already got full time contracts with the Australian Sevens squad for next year and Tristan Reilly has also been picked up by (Australian Men's coach) Andy Friend already." 16-year old Australian Schoolboys star back Albert Hopoate headlines a young Australian boys' squad, who wi
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