Scotland To Meet Series Champions In The London Leg

Scotland will open the penultimate leg of the HSBC Sevens World Series, the Emirates Airline London Sevens, one week before the Series climax and international party lands at Murrayfield in the last weekend in May. In the London leg, the Scots will take on Series champions Samoa in the 10.30am tie before lining up against defending cup holders Australia (1.58pm) and completing Pool C against Canada (4.54pm) to determine their fate on day two. Scotland will open the penultimate leg of the HSBC Sevens World Series, the Emirates Airline London Sevens, one week before the Series climax and international party lands at Murrayfield in the last weekend in May. In the London leg, the Scots will take on Series champions Samoa in the 10.30am tie before lining up against defending cup holders Australia (1.58pm) and completing Pool C against Canada (4.54pm) to determine their fate on day two. Scotland 7s head coach, Graham Shiel, said: “It’s undoubtedly a tough group with Samoa and Australia both very strong but particular attention has to be paid to the recent showing of Canada this season who were very impressive in Hong Kong when they won the Bowl. “We’re going to have to fight for it but with a strong squad we will be targeting qualification from the group and into the Cup quarter-final and take winning momentum into the final leg at Murrayfield. Tickets for this fast and furious festival of rugby are on sale now and are priced from£5 for under-18s,£10 for students and senior citizens and£20 for adults. All tickets are any day tickets  – valid for one day of your choice, either Saturday 28 May or Sunday 29 May. Buy a ticket and join the party “It’s very exciting that our focus now turns to the final two events closer to home where the interest and the exposure in the sevens game really picks up. “A number of the clubs in Scotland are now getting into sevens season so to have the World Series coming to the home of seven-a-side rugby is hugely important for everyone involved in rugby in Scotland.” Tournament hosts and Dubai Cup winners England currently lie second in the World Series standings and head Pool B with matches against Argentina, USA and France. England are 13 points behind leaders New Zealand, who head Pool A having won four of the six rounds played so far. The eight-time World Series winners face opening ties against Wales, Kenya and regional qualifiers Spain, while in Pool D South Africa (the only other side to have won a Cup title this season, the USA Sevens in Las Vegas) will take on Fiji and the other two European qualifiers, Russia and Portugal. Emirates Airline London Sevens, day one (Saturday 21 May)Samoa v Scotland (kick-off 10.30am)Australia v Scotland (kick-off 1.58pm)Scotland v Canada (kick-off 4.54pm)* Scotland’s Emirates Airline London Sevens opponents on day two depends on the team’s performance on day one Pool A – New Zealand, Wales, Kenya, SpainPool B – England, Argentina, Usa, FrancePool C – Samoa, Australia, Scotland, CanadaPool D – South Africa, Fiji, Russia, Portugal