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NEW ZEALAND SEVENS TEAMS SET FOR ACTION IN BIRMINGHAM Source : allblacks.com Sri Lanka will be the New Zealand Men’s Sevens’ opening game at the Commonwealth Games Sevens tournament starting on Friday, while the New Zealand Women’s Sevens will play Canada in their opening game. The defending champion New Zealand Men’s Sevens’ will play Samoa in their second game on Friday before their key pool game on Saturday against England. As a result of New Zealand not playing regularly in the HSBC World Sevens series due to Covid, they rank below England in the standings for the tournament. England player Tom Bowen said it was tough being in the same pool as New Zealand and Samoa but said England’s view was, “If you want to do well you’ve got to beat the best teams, so there’s no time like starting in the pool stages. “We’ve got a really tough pool with ...