Scotland 7S Squad Update

Ayr fullback Grant Anderson will re-join the Scotland 7s squad following his recovery from an ankle injury sustained at the IRB Sevens World Series event in Wellington earlier in the season. Anderson, who is a member of Scottish Rugby’s National Academy, will replace fulltime contracted Scotland 7s internationalist, Colin Shaw, who has failed to recover sufficiently from a head knock. Ayr fullback Grant Anderson will re-join the Scotland 7s squad following his recovery from an ankle injury sustained at the IRB Sevens World Series event in Wellington earlier in the season. Anderson, who is a member of Scottish Rugby’s National Academy, will replace fulltime contracted Scotland 7s internationalist, Colin Shaw, who has failed to recover sufficiently from a head knock. Shaw, who sustained the injury in training prior to the IRB Sevens World Series event in Adelaide, had hoped to be passed fit for this weekend’s competition in Hong Kong, but he will now be replaced by Anderson who flies out today. Scotland 7s squad to compete at the IRB Sevens World Series event in Hong Kong (19-21 March): Grant Anderson (Ayr)**, Lewis Calder (London Scottish), John Dalziel (Melrose), Struan Dewar (Heriot’s)**, Michael Fedo (Watsonians), Mike Adamson*, Ross Curle (Ayr), Rory Hutton (Heriot’s)**, Peter Jericevich (Glasgow Hawks)**, Lee Jones (Selkirk)**, Stuart McInally (Watsonians)**, Andrew Turnbull (Edinburgh) * = Scotland 7s contracted player ** = Member of Scottish Rugby’s National Academy Scotland’s fixture on day one (Friday 26 March) of the IRB Hong Kong Sevens: Scotland v France, 7.32pm local time (11.32am GMT) Scotland’s fixtures on day two (Saturday 27 March) of the IRB Hong Kong Sevens: Scotland v Chinese Taipei, 10.52am local time (2.52am GMT) New Zealand v Scotland, 5.28pm local time (9.28am GMT)