Wellington, March 19 NZPA - New Zealand were forced to make a late change to their squad contesting the Adelaide leg of the International Rugby Board sevens series starting today after veteran Lote Raikabula was ruled out with injury.

Raikabula suffered a bicep injury and has been replaced by Wellington's Taleta Tupuola, who will make his New Zealand debut.

New Zealand kick off their Adelaide campaign against Scotland tonight, followed by pool matches against Tonga and Argentina tomorrow.