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Scotland national rugby sevens team

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{{Infobox rugby team

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| union = Scottish Rugby Union

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| captain = Jamie Farndale

| caps = Scott Riddell (333 matches)

| top scorer = Colin Gregor (1,345)

| most tries = Andrew Turnbull (151)

| coach = Ciaran Beattie

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The Scotland national rugby sevens team competes in the Rugby World Cup Sevens and the Commonwealth Games. It also competed World Rugby Sevens Series although it has been replaced by a combined Great Britain team in this competition.

The head coach is Ciaran Beattie, supported by manager Sean Lamont and skills coach Graham Shiel.

During 2006, the side were in danger of no longer competing in the Sevens World Series due to the financial problems faced by the Scottish Rugby Union. However, they gained a reprieve when the International Rugby Board announced that a leg of the Sevens World Series would be held at Murrayfield in Edinburgh, starting in 2007. The SRU then announced that the Scotland sevens team would compete in all eight legs of the Sevens World Series, and draw players from the country's national academy.{{cite web | url=http://planet-rugby.com/News/story_54520.shtml | title=Scotland to host IRB Sevens leg | publisher=Teamtalk Media|work=PlanetRugby.com | date=17 October 2006 | access-date=31 October 2006 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://archive.today/20120713220929/http://planet-rugby.com/News/story_54520.shtml | archive-date=13 July 2012}} Scotland were champions of the 2016 London Sevens.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-union/36354998 |title=London Sevens: Scotland win first ever World Rugby Sevens series title|publisher=BBC Sport|date=22 May 2016}}

Team

=Current squad=

{{for|a complete list of players in the 2018-19 World Series|2018–19 World Rugby Sevens Series squads#Scotland}}

World Rugby Sevens Series

{{main|World Rugby Sevens Series}}

{{Expand section|date=March 2019}}

Scotland has competed in the World Rugby Sevens Series every season since the Series’ inception in 1999–2000. Scotland’s best finish is seventh place in 2016–17.

Tournament results

=Rugby World Cup Sevens=

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
colspan=10|World Cup record
Year

!Round

!Position

!{{Tooltip|Pld|Games played}}

!{{Tooltip|W|Won}}

!{{Tooltip|L|Lost}}

!{{Tooltip|D|Drawn}}

{{flagicon|SCO}} 1993

|Bowl Final

|14th

| 7

| 4

| 3

| 0

{{flagicon|Hong Kong|1959}}1997

|Plate Semifinals

|=11th

| 6

| 3

| 2

| 1

{{flagicon|ARG}} 2001

|colspan="6" rowspan=1|did not participate

{{flagicon|HKG}} 2005

|Cup Quarterfinals

|=5th

| 6

| 4

| 2

| 0

{{flagicon|UAE}} 2009

|Plate Champions

|9th

| 6

| 4

| 2

| 0

{{flagicon|RUS}} 2013

|Plate Semifinals

|=11th

|5

|3

|2

|0

{{flagicon|USA}} 2018

| Quarterfinals

| 7th

| 4

| 2

| 2

| 0

{{flagicon|RSA}} 2022

|15th Place Final

|16th

|4

|0

|4

|0

Total0 Titles7/83418151

=Commonwealth Games=

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
colspan=10|Commonwealth Games record
Year

!Round

!Position

!{{Tooltip|Pld|Games played}}

!{{Tooltip|W|Won}}

!{{Tooltip|L|Lost}}

!{{Tooltip|D|Drawn}}

{{flagicon|MAS}} 1998

|colspan="6" rowspan=1|did not participate

{{flagicon|ENG}} 2002

| Plate semifinals{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport3/commonwealthgames2002/bsp/statistics/events/rugby_results.stm|title=Statistics - Rugby Sevens|publisher=BBC Sport|date=4 August 2002|work=Commonwealth Games Manchester 2002}}

| 9th

| 6

| 4

| 2

| 0

{{flagicon|AUS}} 2006

|Bowl Semifinals

|=11th

| 5

| 2

| 3

| 0

{{flagicon|IND}} 2010

|Plate Final

|6th

| 6

| 3

| 3

| 0

{{flagicon|SCO}} 2014

|Plate Semifinals

|=7th

| 5

| 2

| 3

| 0

{{flagicon|AUS}} 2018

|5th Place Playoff

| 6th

| 5

| 3

| 2

| 0

{{flagicon|ENG}} 2022

|5th Place Playoff

|6th

|6

|3

|3

|0

Total0 Titles6/73317160

Players

=Player records=

{{as of|April 2022}} the career statistics leaders in the World Rugby Sevens Series are shown in the following tale. Players in bold are still active.

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+ Most tries{{cite web |url=https://www.world.rugby/sevens-series/stats/mens/alltime/players?metric=tries&team=2419 |title= World Rugby statistics |website=world.rugby |access-date=18 April 2022}}
No.width= 125 | Playerwidth=47 | Tries
1Andrew Turnbull151
2Jamie Farndale136
3James Fleming112
4Mark Robertson106
5Colin Gregor88

=Former squads=

{{divhide |Scotland squads for the 2016–17 World Rugby Sevens Series|color=#f2f2f2}}

The 10-round Sevens World Series XVIII.

class="wikitable"
Dubai Sevens

!Cape Town Sevens

!Wellington Sevens

!Sydney Sevens

!USA Sevens

2–3 December 2016

|10–11 December 2016

|28–29 January 2017

|4–5 February 2017

| 3–5 March 2017

*Scott Wight

{{nowrap|Made their début *}}

|

Made their début *

|

|

Made their début *

|

Made their début *

Finished: 6th place

|Finished: 4th place

|Finished: Bronze Medal Winners

|Finished: Challenge Trophy Quarter Finals

|Finished: Challenge Trophy Semi Finals

Canada Sevens

!Hong Kong Sevens

!Singapore Sevens

!Paris Sevens

!London Sevens

11–12 March 2017

|7–9 April 2017

|15–16 April 2017

|12–14 May 2017

|20–21 May 2017

* Scott Riddell

|

Made their début *

|

|

Made their début *

|

Finished: 13th

|Finished: Challenge Trophy Winners

|Finished: Challenge Trophy Runners Up

|Finished: Silver Medal Winners

|Finished: Tournament Winners

{{divhide|end}}

{{divhide |Scotland squads for the 2015–16 World Rugby Sevens Series|color=#f2f2f2}}

The 10-round Sevens World Series XVII.

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Dubai Sevens

!Cape Town 7s

!Wellington Sevens

!Sydney Sevens

!USA Sevens

4–5 December 2015

|12–13 December 2015

|30–31 January 2016

|6–7 February 2016

|4-6 March 2016

* Hugh Blake

Made their début *

|

|

Made their début *

|

|

Finished: Bowl finalists

|Finished: Bowl Winners

|Finished: Bowl finalists

|Finished: Bowl Semi-finalists

|Finished: Bowl Semi-finalists

Canada Sevens

!Hong Kong Sevens

!Singapore Sevens

!Paris Sevens

!London Sevens

12–13 March 2016

|8–10 April 2016

|16–17 April 2016

|14–15 May 2016

|20–22 May 2016

* Hugh Blake

|

|

|

|

Finished: Cup Quarter-finalists

|Finished: Bowl Finalists

|Finished: Bowl Winners

|Finished: Bowl Winners

|Finished: Tournament Winners

{{divhide|end}}

{{divhide |Scotland team to the 2014 Commonwealth Games|color=#f2f2f2}}

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!colspan=100%| 2014 Commonwealth Games

bgcolor="000080" style="width:150px; color:white;"| Player

| bgcolor="000080" style="width:150px; color:white;"| Position

bgcolor="CDCDCD" style="width:150px; color:black;"| Backs

| bgcolor="CDCDCD" style="width:150px;"|

Mark Bennett

|Centre

Colin Gregor

|Scrum-half/Stand-Off

Lee Jones

|Scrum-half/Wing

Stuart Hogg

|Wing

James Johnstone

|Centre

Scott Wight

|Stand-Off

bgcolor="CDCDCD" style="width:150px; color:black;"| Forwards

| bgcolor="CDCDCD" style="width:150px;"|

Richie Vernon

|Prop / Centre

James Eddie

|Prop

Sean Lamont

|Prop

Colin Shaw

|Prop/Centre

Scott Riddell

|Prop/Hooker

Roddy Grant

|Prop/Hooker

{{divhide|end}}

Honours

See also

References

{{reflist}}

External links

  • {{official website}}

{{Scotland national rugby union team}}

{{National rugby union teams (sevens)}}

{{Rugby union in Scotland}}

{{national sports teams of Scotland}}

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