Australia will face off against their Rio foes, France, in the first tournament of the 2016-17 series in Dubai.
Australia has been drawn in Pool D for the competition, after finishing fourth in the 2015-16 series, and will take on the French, who unravelled their Rio campaign inflicting a 31-14 opening round defeat on the Aussies.
Kenya and Japan will make up the remainder of that pool for Dubai, with a competition featuring 16 teams from around the world.
Fiji, South Africa and New Zealand headline the three other pools in the series-opening tournament, kicking off on December 2.
The Kiwis will have England, Samoa and Russia in their group, while South African faces off against the USA, Scotland and a yet-to-be-determined team.
Fiji has Argentina, Wales and Canada alongside it in Pool A.
The women will play a concurrent tournament in Dubai but the pools for that have not yet been drawn.
