Both Australia Sevens teams have made changes heading into this week's home event in Perth.
Coach Tim Walsh has recalled Mackenzie Davis, Amahli Hala and Kahli Henwood into the 13 as they look to defend their crown.
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This sees Ruby Nicholas and Sidney Taylor miss out, with impressive debutant Maya Stewart recalled to Wallaroos camp as they begin preparation for the 2026 season.
“It was far from our finest 14 minutes in the final in Singapore," Walsh said. “Every match, win, lose or draw is an opportunity to build experience and learn and that is how we approach every game.
“Using the recent Australian Open tennis as a comparative example, New Zealand have us two sets to one down heading into Perth.
“Kahli Henwood and Mackenzie Davis return to the team having now recovered from injury. Amahli Hala also returns as we continue to expose players to the World Series before settling on a final 13 for Hong Kong and Round 1 of the Championships.”
As for the Men, they have turned to the extra pace of Hadley Tonga after a promising fifth-place finish.
Dietrich Roache has overcome a hamstring complaint picked up in the fifth-place final to be fit, with Cooper Watters the unlucky man to miss out.
"We started well against Argentina but did not play to our standards in the next two games in Singapore but pleasingly produced a better effort on day two in the way the team prepared and played," Barry said.
“The team is hugely proud of ‘Hutch’ [Henry Hutchison] on becoming the most capped Australian Sevens player last weekend. It’s an amazing achievement and congratulations to Cooper Watters on his debut game for the Sevens team.
“The team is very excited at the thought of coming home to play in Perth and we look forward to seeing all the people of Western Australia at HBF Park on Saturday.”
Australia’s Men will meet New Zealand, France and Great Britain in the pool stages while the Aussie Women clash with Great Britain, France and Canada.
2. Amahli Hala – 4 events
3. Faith Nathan – 35 events
4. Mackenzie Davis – 8 events
5. Teagan Levi – 28 events
6. Madison Ashby (c) – 28 events
8. Kaitlin Shave – 10 events
9. Tia Hinds – 22 events
10. Isabella Nasser (c) – 20 events
12. Maddison Levi – 28 events
13. Heidi Dennis – 9 events
15. Kahli Henwood – 8 events
22. Bienne Terita – 19 events
65. Sariah Paki – 37 events
1. Henry Hutchison (c) – 62 events
2. Ben Dowling – 24 events
3. James McGregor – 5 events
4. Dietrich Roache – 31 events
7. Josh Turner – 40 events
9. Will Cartwright – 3 events
10. Ben Dalton – 12 events
13. Jayden Blake – 9 events
23. Aden Ekanayake – 10 events
24. Ethan McFarland – 3 events
33. Harry Wilson – 3 events
71. Hadley Tonga – 3 events
77. Wallace Charlie – 4 events
Players unavailable for selection
- Charlotte Caslick (calf) – Vancouver 7s
- Michael Icely (shoulder) – Vancouver 7s
- Demi Kennewell (knee) – Vancouver 7s
- Alysia Lefau-Fakaosilea (shoulder) – Vancouver 7s
- Maurice Longbottom (hamstring) – Vancouver 7s
- Henry Paterson (knee) – 2026/2027 season
- James Turner (foot) – Vancouver 7s
AUSTRALIA WOMEN
- Saturday February 7: Australia v Great Britain (11:36am AWST/2:36pm AEDT)
- Saturday February 7: Australia v France (2:42pm AWST/5:42pm AEDT)
- Saturday February 7: Australia v Canada (5:58pm AWST/8:58pm AEDT)
AUSTRALIA MEN
- Saturday February 7: Australia v New Zealand (1:04pm AWST/4:04pm AEDT)
- Saturday February 7: Australia v France (4:20pm AWST/7:20pm AEDT)
- Saturday February 7: Australia v Great Britain (7:36pm AWST/10:36pm AEDT)
