England Sevens Coach Ben Ryan has added Tom Powell (Cambridge) to his squad for the next two legs of the IRB Sevens World Series as injury replacement for Isoa Damudamu.
Powell, who represented the Middlesex Sevens Help for Heroes side last August, will travel to Wellington and Las Vegas (Feb 5-6 & 13-14) in place of Damu who sustained a shoulder injury playing for his Royal Logistics Corps earlier this week.
England Sevens squad for New Zealand and Las Vegas
Jake Abbott (Worcester Warriors)
Donald Barrell (Saracens)
Kevin Barrett (Saracens)
Chris Brightwell (Bedford)
Dan Caprice (Blackheath)
Ben Gollings (Gold Coast, Australia)
Dan Norton (Bristol Rugby)
Tom Powell (Cambridge)
James Rodwell (Moseley)
Nick Royle (Fylde)
Matt Turner (Bristol Rugby)
Christian Wade (London Wasps)
New Zealand Sevens fixtures:
February 5, England v USA, kick off 1.44pm local time (GMT+12)
February 5, England v Tonga, kick off 4.40pm local time (GMT+12)
February 5, England v Kenya, kick off 9.12pm local time (GMT+12)
February 13, England v Wales, kick off 1.13pm local time (GMT-8)
February 13, England v Japan, kick off 4.18pm local time (GMT-8)
February 13, England v Argentina, kick off 7.58pm local time (GMT-8)
