FALLEN champions Fiji have picked seven new faces in their 10-strong squad for the Cathay Pacific/Hongkong Bank Invitation Sevens at the Hong Kong Stadium on March 26-27.
Fiji, who won the tournament three times on the roll from 1990 to 1992, were beaten by their South Pacific island rivals Western Samoa in a ferocious final last March.
And a new coach, Aliposo Waqaliti, will be trying to win back the coveted Sevens crown with a new-look squad led by their seven-a-side magician, Waisale Serevi, and including only one other player from last year - forward Sakiasi Vonolagi.
The only other player with Hong Kong Sevens experience is 34-year-old policeman Pita Naruma, a prop forward who played in the 1985, 1986 and 1988 tournaments.
After watching an East Fiji side beat the Fiji national team 28-12 in the final of the Fiji International Sevens in Suva yesterday, coach Waqaliti said: ''It is a new team with lots of names the Sevens fans will not recognise but one selected to win the tournament.
''That is our goal and we will be trying to get the right combination because all the players are from different clubs.