The final squads of 12 have been named by the 16 coaches ahead of the first round of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series in Dubai.

With the men's tournament starting on 4 December at 7he Sevens Stadium all 16 teams will be looking to get their campaign off to a strong start in the first of 10 rounds this season, with one eye on the end of the season and the sport's debut at the Olympic Games.

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Defending Dubai champions South Africa have named a familiar squad with Kyle Brown captaining a side that includes the sevens player of the year Werner Kok, and nominee Seabelo Senatla while Francois Hougaard also comes in. Another Springbok Juan de Jongh is named by his former captain in sevens, and now coach, Neil Powell.

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Elsewhere series champions Fiji have one debutant in Sevuloni Mocenacagi as Ben Ryan includes many familiar names from the winning champions including Jerry Tuwai, Savenaca Rawaca, Isake Kotanibau and captain Osea Kolinisau.

Canada are the most experienced side with Phil Mack returning to add 45 tournaments' worth of experience, while the series' new core team Russia have seven players with experience including Vladimir Ostroushko and Yury Gostyuzhev each having played in 18 previous tournaments. Wales are the least experienced side with just 50 caps between their 12 players, and Sam Cross with 18 of those.

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Australia have three debutants but Con Foley needs just two more tries to reach 50 career tries and Gillies Kaka needs one more for the same landmark for New Zealand, who have one debutant in Augustine Pulu.