Dunedin rugby player Tony Ensor has been selected for the All Blacks Sevens side to play in Australia this weekend.

It's Ensor's first call-up to the side, which will play on the Gold Coast in the opening tournament of the HSBC World Sevens Series.

Ensor earned the selection after putting in an impressive performance last weekend in the New Zealand development side, which lost to Fiji.

The 23 year old fullback is the only Otago player selected for this weekend's squad.

And Highlander Fumiaki Tanaka has just announced he's returning to Dunedin from Japan.

He'll play his third consecutive super rugby season for the franchise next year.