The squad also includes Glasgow's elite development player James Johnstone (Currie) and part-time player James Fleming (Dundee).
The Dundee winger has lit up Premier One since his move from Perthshire and his form was rewarded with a training contract with Glasgow, a place in Scotland's club international squad and involvement with Scotland Sevens.
"It's been a planned development and the sevens has been the next step," said James in the Courier. "I think Sean Lineen was keen to see how I'd go at the next level and it's been fantastic to get some rugby when we've been struggling to get games on during the last couple of months."
James added, "At Dundee we finally managed to get a cup game played at the weekend against Gala and it was almost like a pre-season again after eight or nine weeks off, and it was good to get on the pitch with us flying out to Wellington on Saturday."
James is in his final year of a sports sciences degree at Stirling University, with exams having to be deferred and dissertations filed from the other side of the globe.
"I've got an exam this week deferred from December when we were in Dubai and my dissertation is due when I'm in Las Vegas with Scotland, so that will be interesting.
"It's been a battle to juggle everything but it's a great opportunity for me.
"I'm not going to make any big statements about how far I can go in rugby, but I'm just going to work hard and give it 100% and if I do that, the opportunities will come my way."