Scotland 7s will face American Samoa in the Gold Coast 7s Bowl quarter-finals tomorrow morning (12.42am, BST).Despite playing some ambitious rugby, in their 100th HSBC Sevens World Series event, and scoring a series of cracking tries the Scots ultimately had a frustrating day when it game down to the scoreboard. They lost their first two matches to Fiji, 7-40 and Australia, 14-24 before finishing off their day with a draw against Portugal, 21-21.Some highlights from the day were Lee Jones scoring his 40th try in just 17 HSBC Sevens World Series events and Mark Robertson marking his 30th cap with two well worked tries.Head coach, Calum MacRae, said:We will take positives from strong first-half performances today, however we need to maintain our concentration for the duration of each game tomorrow.”In terms of our match against American Samoa the focus is purely on ourselves and our own performance.”Today, against Fiji we didn’t manage to contain them and control the tempo from their attacking runners and offloads. It was very difficult defensively in the second-half and we didn’t have enough quality collisions in the tackle contests and at rucks.”In the game Australia we started well and it was there for the taking. However, our set-piece faltered, which allowed them a flow of possession that they capitalised on. “Finally, in the last match we were in complete control and in the driving seat. It was very disappointing to let them back into the game, particular having played some good rugby.”We have to take a lesson from the Portugal tie around the importance of sticking to our game plan and principles of play.”Scotland 7s began their 2014/15 HSBC Sevens World Series campaign with a spark today in the Gold Coast 7s.This couldn’t have been seen any clearly than when Fiji’s Savenaca Rawaca crossed the line, in the first minute of the first game, thinking he had time to place the ball, however Lee Jones ensured he didn’t, wiping him out in the tackle and sending the ball loose.Rawaca’s try came a minute later though and was followed by another, from hat-trick scorer Osea Kolinisau on four minutes. Kolinisau converted both of these scores. 0-14Scotland still looked sharp and full of purpose though, and in the midst of another of their opposition’s attacks, on the cusp of half-time, Colin Gregor was able to scoop up a loose ball before sending Mark Robertson off in attack.A series of good passes ensued and Lee Jones ended the move, and the half by scoring under the sticks.His try was his 40th score on the World Series. Gregor’s conversion kept Scotland in the match at half-time, 7-14.The second-half unfortunately was a different ball game. Fiji were more composed as Scotland began to struggle.40 tries for JonesKolinisau scored on eight and 11 mins and his tries were flanked by touchdowns from Vatemo Ravouvou and Apisalome Waqatabu on nine and 12 minutes. Ravouvou converted three of the four second-half tries ending the tie, 7-40.Against Australia, Scotland stepped up their game and despite an early James Stannard try for the hosts, they established a 14-5 lead at half-time, with Scott Riddell and James Johnstone scoring on four and six minutes respectively.Captain Scott Wight successfully converted both of these.However, the second-half proved equally as frustrating as the Fiji game, with the hosts re-establishing and then cementing a firm lead to seal the victory.Tries came from Cameron Clark on ten minutes and then a brace from Pama Fou, on 12 and 13 minutes. The match ended 14-24.In their last pool match, Scotland were the more comfortable of the two teams. However, despite securing a 14-7 lead at the break, one mistake with a matter of seconds left on the clock saw Portugal level the scores 21-21.First up, a lovely break from James Johnstone, which started from a line out won against the head, saw Jones touchdown for his second try of the day. Joseph Gardener then levelled the scores on 6 minutes.As the clock struck half-time Jones was driving forward as three Portuguese tried to take him down, however he had Robertson in support who finished off the passage of play with a try, after ten minutes. 14-7En route to the tryline he brushed off three tackles and ran in from the halfway line. Gregor converted all three tries. 21-7 In the end though, Portugal managed to fight back. Firstly, Gardener chased down a clearance kick from Wight to score under the sticks, and with enough time for the kick-off a perfectly placed restart was won by Scotland’s opponents and a third try was finished by Aderito Esteves.Pedro Leal and Gardener shared the conversion duties between them, which helped to level the scores, 21-21.HSBC Sevens World Series round one Gold Coast 7s day oneScotland 7-40 FijiTry: Lee JonesConversion: Colin GregorStarting team: Scott Riddell, Struan Dewar, James Johnstone, Colin Gregor, Mark Robertson, Scott Wight CAPTAIN and Lee Jones.Replacements: Rory Hughes, Damien Hoyland (both 8 mins), Lewis Young (13 mins), Gregor Young and Nyle Godsmark (not used).Scotland 14-24 AustraliaTries: Scott Riddell and James JohnstoneConversions: Scott Wight (2)Starting team: Scott Riddell, Struan Dewar, James Johnstone, Mark Robertson, Scott Wight CAPTAIN, Lee Jones and Lewis Young.Replacements: Nyle Godsmark, Rory Hughes (both 12 mins), Gregor Young, Colin Gregor and Damien Hoyland (not used). Scotland 21-21 PortugalTries: Lee Jones, Mark Robertson (2)Conversions: Colin Gregor (3)Starting team: Scott Riddell, Struan Dewar, James Johnstone, Colin Gregor, Mark Robertson, Scott Wight CAPTAIN and Lee Jones.Replacements: Nyle Godsmark, Rory Hughes (both 11 mins), Gregor Young, Lewis Young (both 13 mins) and Damien Hoyland (14 mins).