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July 10, 2014

Stuart set for Scotland 7s debut

Posted by Editor on July 10, 2014 10:29 AM | No comments | Print | E-mail author

Stuart Hogg will make his first appearance for Scotland 7s in London this weekend
Glasgow's Stuart Hogg is set to make his first Scotland 7s appearance during a one-day event in London this weekend.

Stuart is part of a 13-strong squad travelling to the Sevens and the City event at Saracens’ home ground Allianz Park.

Head coach Stevie Gemmell said: “I’m really enthused about taking this squad to London. There has been a lot of excitement this week, with our Team Scotland camp last weekend and being based at Stirling University with a number of the other athletes this week.

“This tournament is vital to our Commonwealth Games preparations and it is the first time this group of players will play together."

Scotland are in Group B, and will take on Germany, Wailers and Wales.

After group matches are complete, each team in the tournament will play a fourth match against the side that finished in the equivalent position in Group A - made up of England, Papua New Guinea, Apache and Barbados.

Gemmell added: “Germany and Wales we know well from FIRA tournaments and the World circuit. Wales will be similar to us, preparing for Glasgow 2014 and Germany will be looking to build on strong performances recently, in Europe.

“Wailers are always a strong invitational team who will want to put down a marker. However my focus is purely on how my players gel as a team and most importantly that we come away with the key lessons learnt to take into the next fortnight.”

Scotland squad: Mark Bennett (Glasgow Warriors), Struan Dewar, James Eddie (Glasgow Warriors), Roddy Grant (Edinburgh Rugby), Stuart Hogg (Glasgow Warriors), James Johnstone, Lee Jones, Sean Lamont (both Glasgow Warriors), Scott Riddell, Mark Robertson, Colin Shaw, Richie Vernon (Glasgow Warriors) and Scott Wight.