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Injuries to Auckland's Edwin Cocker and Tafai Ioasa of Hawke's Bay have forced changes to the New Zealand sevens rugby squad for the final leg of the world series in Edinburgh this weekend.
Cocker suffered a hamstring injury and Ioasa injured his ankle during the London tournament.
Waikato's Tim Mikkelson has been called up as replacement and Auckland's David Smith has also joined the squad in place of Zar Lawrence, who is returning home to concentrate on 15s rugby.
Solomon King has recovered from a hamstring injury which prevented him from playing in London, with his replacement Chad Tuoro staying in the squad.
New Zealand clinched a record eighth world series title in London despite exiting in the quarter-finals.
They arrive in Edinburgh with an unbeatable tally of 134 points, with South Africa holding 98, Fiji 90 and Samoa 88.
New Zealand sevens squad for Edinburgh tournament: Tomasi Cama, (Manawatu), Israel Dagg (Hawke's Bay), DJ Forbes (Counties Manukau, captain), Nigel Hunt (Bay of Plenty), Solomon King (Bay of Plenty), Kendrick Lynn (Southland), Tim Mikkelson (Waikato), Ben Nowell (Canterbury), Lote Raikabula (Manawatu), David Smith (Auckland), Nafi Tuitavake (North Harbour), Chad Tuoro (Counties-Manukau).
- NZPA
