Scotland national rugby sevens team
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The Scotland national rugby sevens team competes in the Rugby World Cup Sevens and the Commonwealth Games. It also competed World Rugby Sevens Series although it has been replaced by a combined Great Britain team in this competition.
Union | Scottish Rugby Union | ||
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Coach(es) | Ciaran Beattie | ||
Captain(s) | Jamie Farndale | ||
Most caps | Scott Riddell (333 matches) | ||
Top scorer | Colin Gregor (1,345) | ||
Most tries | Andrew Turnbull (151) | ||
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World Cup Sevens | |||
Appearances | 7 (First in 1993) |
The head coach is Ciaran Beattie, supported by manager Sean Lamont and skills coach Graham Shiel.
During 2006, the side were in danger of no longer competing in the Sevens World Series due to the financial problems faced by the Scottish Rugby Union. However, they gained a reprieve when the International Rugby Board announced that a leg of the Sevens World Series would be held at Murrayfield in Edinburgh, starting in 2007. The SRU then announced that the Scotland sevens team would compete in all eight legs of the Sevens World Series, and draw players from the country's national academy.[1] Scotland were champions of the 2016 London Sevens.[2]