Victorious Tietjens forced to change

Taranaki’s Waisake Naholo and Waikato’s Johnathan Malo have been called into the New Zealand Sevens squad for the Las Vegas leg of the Sevens World Series.

Naholo and Malo replace Wellington’s Hosea Gear and Bay of Plenty’s Toby Arnold in the team that won the Wellington leg at the weekend.

Arnold has been ruled out after tearing his anterior cruciate ligament (knee) in New Zealand’s first match against Scotland on Day One of the Wellington Sevens.

Gear will re-join the Highlanders after only being available for Wellington leg of the Series.

New Zealand: Tomasi Cama, DJ Forbes, Frank Halai, Bryce Heem, Mark Jackman, Solomon King, Johnathan Malo, Tim Mikkelson, Waisake Naholo, Charles Piutau, Lote Raikabula, Ardie Savea.