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27 Jun 2024 - Scotland Teams

Sevens stalwarts Fergusson and Farndale to retire

The pair, who have between them scored nearly 1,300 points on various iterations of the World Rugby SVNS series, made their debuts in 2017 and 2015 respectively and have combined to make more than 560 matches on the circuit for Scotland or, latterly, Great Britain. In a tale laced with symmetry, both Farndale and Fergusson […]

19 Jun 2024 - Scotland Teams

Team GB Women’s Rugby Sevens squad named for Paris 2024 Olympic Games

Welsh flyer Joyce, 28, who competed in both Rio and Tokyo, is joined by fellow Tokyo 2020 Olympian Scotland’s Lisa Thomson in Head Coach Ciaran Beattie’s squad. Scotland’s Lisa Thomson is in line for a second Olympic Games after being named in the Team GB Women’s Rugby Sevens squad for next month’s event in Paris. […]

12 Apr 2024 - Clubs & Schools

Teams to feature at Melrose Sevens in tribute to Eric Liddell

The iconic rugby sevens event, held at the Greenyards since the inception of the abbreviated form back in 1883, has been graced with some of the game’s most stellar names, from Fijian magician Waisale Serevi to former Wallabies star David Campese and numerous others besides. In homage to another rugby luminary, men’s and women’s squads […]

8 Oct 2023 - Scotland 7s

Ten Scots earn core Team GB selection for upcoming SVNS campaign

Launching in December, 12 Men’s and Women’s teams will compete over the course of eight legs in a revamped format, with a Grand Final weekend in Madrid at the end of May next year determining final placings. Scotland is represented in Team GB’s Women’s core group by Lisa Thomson, Rhona Lloyd and Shona Campbell, all […]

Rugby Sevens – 2023 Youth Commonwealth Games: Day Four

9 Aug 2023 - Scotland 7s

Scotland win historic gold at Commonwealth Youth Games

Scotland, who had never medalled before at the event, reached the final as one of the two top-ranked countries, their win over South Africa laying the platform to go for gold. In their way, however, stood a Fiji team who not only won their group match 32-5, but had won all five of their own […]

Rugby Europe Girls U18 7s Championship 2023 – Scotland vs Ukraine

15 Jul 2023 - Scotland 7s

Scotland U18 7s round-up: Rugby Europe U18 7s Championship 2023

Day One Scotland U18 7s finished their first day at the Rugby Europe U18 7s Girls Championship in Prague on a positive note, securing two wins against Ukraine and Poland. Scotland v Ukraine Scotland got their campaign off to a flying start after recording a 45-0 win against Ukraine. Scotland came firing out the blocks […]

12 Jul 2023 - Scotland 7s

Scotland U18 7s squad named for Prague competition

The tournament will feature nine teams from across the continent, with Scotland drawn in Pool A alongside Ukraine and France. Scotland’s first match of the day will see the side face Ukraine (9.22am BST), before taking on France (12.44pm BST) later in the afternoon. Stirling County duo Lucy MacRae, Niamh Robertson-Jack and Garioch’s Megan Hyland […]

11 Jul 2023 - Scotland Teams

Team Scotland names 7s squad for upcoming Commonwealth Youth Games

The athletes, aged 17 and 18 years old, will compete for Team Scotland alongside athletes from the six other sports on the Trinidad and Tobago programme: Netball, Beach Volleyball, Triathlon, Athletics, Cycling and Swimming. Scotland’s 7s squad will be led by head coach Craig Dods, and captained by Johnny Ventisei, who was recently announced as […]

15 Jun 2023 - Scotland 7s

Wider squad named for U18 Girls 7s programme

The group will have evening and weekend training sessions before heading to Prague for a Rugby Europe tournament beginning on Saturday 15 July. Gordon said: “It’s really exciting to name this group and we’ve thoroughly enjoyed the start to this programme. “The group will now have five weeks of training, and then we will name […]

Dubai Emirates Airline Rugby Sevens 2021 – Men’s

24 Oct 2022 - Corporate

Great Britain 7s: Core squads and coaching structure for 2023 World Rugby Sevens Series campaign confirmed

Scotland 7s head coach Ciaran Beattie has been named Programme Lead for the Men’s and Women’s teams and will oversee both programmes, as well as serving as men’s assistant coach, as the men’s group prepare to compete on the 2023 circuit, which gets underway on the weekend of 4-6 November in Hong Kong. The amalgam […]