Amahli Hala and Jayden Blake have been ushered into the Australia Sevens squads for the final round of the HSBC SVNS World Championships in Bordeaux starting on Friday.
Hala, who was due to play with Australia A in Japan this weekend, joined her teammates for training on Wednesday (local time) and replaces Tia Hinds, who has been ruled out with a calf injury.
Australian leading try-scorer Maddison Levi has been included in Women’s squad for the season finale despite a knee injury suffered in Valladolid.
Blake had travelled with the Men’s squad during their victorious campaign in Valladolid as 14th player and comes straight into the 13 for Dietrich Roache.
Roache picked up an ankle injury on Day 1 of last week’s tournament and has returned to Australia to begin rehabilitation.
James Turner, who picked up a red card in Australia’s nerve-racking gold medal victory over South Africa, has been suspended for three games and won’t be available until the finals.
Australia’s Men are placed third in the World Championship standings with one round to play and have qualified for the 2026/2027 World Series.
They are one of three teams who can win the overall Championship title with another gold medal win in Bordeaux.
Australia’s Women lead the World Championship standings by two points with a gold medal victory ensuring they clinch the overall title.
If teams are tied in points on the standings at the conclusion of the World Championship, the overall winners will be decided by points differential across the past three World Championship rounds.
Australia’s Women meet Brazil, Fiji and Japan in the pool stages while the Aussie Men clash with Uruguay, USA and Spain in Pool B action.
Every round of the HSBC SVNS World Championships will be shown exclusive, ad-free, live and on demand on Stan Sport.
Australia Women’s Sevens team for 2026 HSBC SVNS World Championships Bordeaux:
2. Amahli Hala – 8 events
3. Faith Nathan – 40 events
5. Teagan Levi – 32 events
6. Madison Ashby (c) – 33 events
8. Kaitlin Shave – 14 events
10. Isabella Nasser (c) – 25 events
11. Demi Kennewell – 31 events
12. Maddison Levi – 35 events
13. Heidi Dennis – 14 events
15. Kahli Henwood – 13 events
22. Bienne Terita – 23 events
55. Alysia Lefau-Fakaosilea – 18 events
65. Sariah Paki – 43 events
Australia Men's Sevens team for 2026 HSBC SVNS World Championships for Bordeaux:
1. Henry Hutchison (c) – 67 events
2. Ben Dowling – 28 events
3. James McGregor – 10 events
7. Josh Turner – 45 events
10. Ben Dalton – 17 events
11. Maurice Longbottom – 53 events
13. Jayden Blake – 12 events
14. James Turner – 26 events
23. Aden Ekanayake – 15 events
24. Ethan McFarland – 8 events
33. Harry Wilson – 8 events
49. Archie Saunders – 4 events
77. Wallace Charlie – 9 events
Players unavailable for selection
- Will Cartwright (shoulder) – 2026/2027 season
- Charlotte Caslick (pregnancy) – 2026/2027 season
- Tia Hinds (calf) – 2026/2027 season
- Henry Paterson (knee) – 2026/2027 season
- Dietrich Roache (ankle) – 2026/2027 season
HSBC SVNS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS BORDEAUX SCHEDULE
AUSTRALIA WOMEN
- Friday 5 June: Australia v Brazil (8:36pm AEST)
- Saturday 6 June: Australia v Fiji (1:51am AEST)
- Saturday 6 June: Australia v Japan (9:54pm AEST)
AUSTRALIA MEN
- Friday 5 June: Australia v Uruguay (10:22pm AEST)
- Saturday 6 June: Australia v USA (3:52am AEST)
- Saturday 6 June: Australia v Spain (6:22pm AEST)
HSBC SVNS WORLD SERIES 2025/2026
- Dubai (29-30 November, 2025)
- Cape Town (6-7 December, 2025)
- Singapore (31 January-1 February, 2026)
- Perth (7-8 February, 2026)
- Vancouver (7-8 March, 2026)
- New York (14-15 March, 2026)
HSBC SVNS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2026
- Hong Kong (17-19 April, 2026)
- Valladolid (29-31 May, 2026)
- Bordeaux (5-7 June, 2026)
