England unchanged for Wellington Sevens

Last time they took to the pitch in Cape Town, England came away with the trophy adding to a third-place finish in Dubai the weekend previous.

It leaves them sitting second in the world rankings and they will look to strengthen their position at the Wellington Sevens leg which runs from January 26-28.

Simon Amor's men have been drawn alongside Papua New Guinea, Argentina and Kenya with the head coach delighted to have a full-strength team at his disposal as they look to improve on last year's fourth-place finish.

"There is only a short turnaround between the remaining tournaments and jet lag becomes a significant factor at this stage in the season," he said.

"We've had the last block where there was a chance to go hard on fitness so it was great to see so many of the guys getting personal bests in their scores over the Christmas period.

"Those foundations are now in place, not just for the upcoming tournaments, but hopefully to carry us through the series.

"We have traditionally done well in this tournament and have good momentum from December but everyone understands there are big improvements that we must make in certain areas.

"The rest of the world will also have learned a lot from Dubai and Cape Town so we need to keep taking steps forward and be increasingly smarter with our decision making and how we play the game."

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