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Forbes and Baker ruled out

03rd February 2013 07:15

DJ Forbes

Ruled out: DJ Forbes

All Blacks Sevens head coach Gordon Tietjens has called in two players to his squad to replace DJ Forbes (knee) and Kurt Baker (hamstring).

The pair were injured during this weekend's action at Westpac Stadium in Wellington.

They are being replaced by Mark Jackman (Canterbury) and Milford Keresoma (Auckland), both contracted All Blacks Sevens players.

The team leaves for Las Vegas on Monday, which is round five of the HSBC Sevens World Series. New Zealand leads the series with 77 points.

Series standings

1 New Zealand 77
2 Kenya 56
3 Samoa 54
4 Fiji 51
5 France 51
6 South Africa 51
7 Argentina 46
8 England 37
9 Wales 34
10 Australia 32
11 Canada 26
12 Portugal 22
13 Scotland 21
14 Spain 18
15 United States 18
16 Tonga 3
17 Zimbabwe 2
18 Russia 1

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