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27 May 2007 - Uncategorized

Scots Knocked Out Of London Cup

Wales 7s 15, Scotland 7s 5 Scotland failed to reach their first ever Cup semi-final today as they lost out in their fourth consecutive Cup quarter-final of the 2006/07 IRB Sevens World Series. After the game, head coach Stephen Gemmell said: I’m disappointed, the boys are disappointed and I think we’ve really let ourselves down. […]

26 May 2007 - Uncategorized

Macfadyen To Lead Scotland A

Donnie Macfadyen, the 27-year-old specialist openside flanker, will lead Scotland A in their second outing in this season’s Barclays Churchill Cup – against England Saxons at Twickenham on Monday. Macfadyen, who won the last of his 11 caps on the Scotland tour to South Africa last season, has battled back from one luckless injury after […]

26 May 2007 - Uncategorized

Scotland 7S Get Off To Winning Start

Scotland 19, Italy 0 In the game that head coach Stephen Gemmell targeted as a key clash in terms of qualification for the Cup competition on day two, Scotland delivered. After the game, Gemmell reflected on an encouraging first outing of the day: We identified the Italy game as one we needed to win; now […]

26 May 2007 - Uncategorized

Scots Pushed All The Way By Kenya

Scotland 7s 19, Kenya 7s 19 Scotland drew their second game of the Emirates Airline London Sevens against Kenya. With Cup qualification for day two now in the balance, head coach Stephen Gemmell said: We made errors in areas of the game that we have worked on getting right, but the boys showed great character […]

26 May 2007 - Uncategorized

Scots Reach Forth Consecutive Cup Competition

Scotland 7s 7, New Zealand 7s 43 Having qualified for the Cup competition on day two of the previous three legs of the IRB Sevens World Series in San Diego, Hong Kong and Adelaide, Scotland entered this match safe in the knowledge that they had made the Cup quarter-finals tomorrow.Scotland 7s 7, New Zealand 7s […]

25 May 2007 - Uncategorized

An Evening Of Winners At The Scottish Rugby Awards Dinner

The official annual Scottish Rugby Awards dinner has taken place at Murrayfield Stadium. The event recognises and celebrates playing and coaching achievements at all levels of the game in Scotland from the International team to youth and schools.The official annual Scottish Rugby Awards dinner took place at Murrayfield Stadium this evening (Friday 25 May). The […]

25 May 2007 - Uncategorized

Gemmell Targets Opening Tie Of London Sevens

As Scotland head coach Frank Hadden targets the IRB Rugby World Cup clash against Italy in September as one of the key fixtures of his Rugby World Cup campaign, Scotland 7s head coach Stephen Gemmell is approaching his sides first clash of the Emirates Airline London Sevens this weekend with the same verve. Speaking from […]

22 May 2007 - Uncategorized

All Black Atiga Looking For Second Success In Scotland

New Zealand Sevens have named Super 14 star and former New Zealand under-21 captain Ben Atiga in their squad for the London Sevens and the Emirates Airline Edinburgh 7s (2 and 3 June), giving the Blues’ utility back the chance to repeat the success of his last visit to Scotland. New Zealand Sevens have named […]

22 May 2007 - Uncategorized

Atiga Looking For Second Success In Scotland

New Zealand Sevens have named Super 14 star and former New Zealand under-21 captain Ben Atiga in their squad for the London Sevens and the Emirates Airline Edinburgh 7s (2 and 3 June), giving the Blues’ utility back the chance to repeat the success of his last visit to Scotland. Atiga captained New Zealand to […]

22 May 2007 - Uncategorized

Hadden Hails Development Chance

Scotland head coach Frank Hadden tonight praised the development opportunity presented by the Barclays Churchill Cup. Hadden, who is overseeing Scotland A’s involvement in this season’s competition, was speaking ahead of tomorrow’s opening match, against the USA in Henley (kick-off 6pm).Scotland head coach Frank Hadden tonight praised the development opportunity presented by the Barclays Churchill […]