North Shore rugby stars Harry Jones and Adam Zaruba have been named to Team Canada’s 13-man squad for the third and fourth legs of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series in New Zealand and Australia.

West Vancouver’s Jones has the added honour of wearing the captain’s armband for New Zealand event, running Jan. 28-29 in Wellington (which will be Jan. 27-28 in Vancouver due to the time change). Fellow British Columbia native Nathan Hirayama will act as captain for the Feb. 4-5 event in Sydney, Australia. Jones is five points away from becoming the fifth Canadian to score 500 points in World Rugby Sevens Series play.

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In Wellington, Canada will face Wales, Scotland and Russia in pool play. The Canadians are coming off of a 13th place finish in Cape Town and currently sit 13th in the 2016-17 season standings. The series will come to Vancouver March 11-12 at BC Place.