Scotland Win Second Successive Bowl Trophy

Scotland lifted Bowl silverware for the second week in a row today after beating Canada 22-19 in a nail-biting final in the South Africa sevens, the third leg of the HSBC Sevens World Series. Despite qualifying for the Bowl tournament as top seeds, the Scots – who have reached Bowl finals in all three world series tournaments so far – were faced with a tough run, having to overcome Kenya and Argentina en route to the final. Scotland lifted Bowl silverware for the second week in a row today after beating Canada 22-19 in a nail-biting final in the South Africa sevens, the third leg of the HSBC Sevens World Series. Despite qualifying for the Bowl tournament as top seeds, the Scots – who have reached Bowl finals in all three world series tournaments so far – were faced with a tough run, having to overcome Kenya and Argentina en route to the final. Still reeling from the disappointment of not making the cup quarters, the Scots channeled their aggression into a fine display of sevens rugby, running in four unanswered scores in the first half of their quarter-final. The sides then traded tries after the break to confirm a well-earned Scottish win (26-7) – Fleming earning his second hat-trick of the tournament to pit the Scots against their Gold Coast final victors, Argentina in the semis. The match lived up to its billing as a tense affair as the nations exchanged two tries a-piece, the Scots taking the lead on both occasions, only for the Argentines to draw level. Then, over a minute outside of regulation time, Kerr Gossman sprinted up the near side touchline to score the winning try (21-14) and book Scotland’s place in the final against Canada, a side they narrowly edged on day one of last weekend’s Dubai tournament. Canada opened the scoring in under a minute but Scotland hit back through Michael Fedo and Peter Horne to snatch the lead. The Cannucks then equalised with a minute to go before Fleming showed a blistering turn of pace once more to give Scotland an important lead at half-time (17-12). After four exhausting minutes of sevens rugby Scotland got a crucial score to put some breathing space between the teams. Canada then crossed for a consolation after the hooter to end the game and send Scotland home with two Bowl trophies from as many weeks. Scotland 7s squad: Adam Ashe, Mark Cairns*, James Eddie, Michael Fedo, James Fleming, Colin Gregor, Kerr Gossman, Sam Hidalgo-Clyne, Peter Horne, Ross Miller*, Scott Riddell*, Andrew Skeen*, Andrew Turnbull*sportscotland institute supported players Day one results:France 31-7 ScotlandNew Zealand 45-0 ScotlandScotland 50-0 Morocco Day two results:Bowl quarter-final – Scotland 26-7 KenyaBowl semi-final – Scotland 21-14 ArgentinaBowl final – Scotland 22-19 Canada