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 seasonCharlotte Caslick (pregnancy) – 2026/2027 seasonTia Hinds (calf) – 2026/2027 seasonHenry Paterson (knee) – 2026/2027 seasonDietrich 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)