Scotland sevens core head for Delhi
Thu, 12 Aug 2010 18:16
The Scotland sevens team that will compete at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi has seven players who featured in the Edinburgh leg of the 2010 IRB Sevens World Series at the end of May.
Scotland sevens coach, Stephen Gemmell, who will lead the team at the Games, described his anticipation ahead of the event.
"We are delighted that our participation in the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi has been confirmed," he said.
"The Commonwealth Games is a major event on the world sporting calendar and Scottish Rugby and Scotland sevens are hugely honoured to be part of it.
"We've worked hard through our selection process with the Commonwealth Games Council Scotland and I'm delighted that at the end of that selection process, the team we've nominated has been confirmed.
"Our preparations will now start in earnest with a view to contributing to a successful Team Scotland in October."
Despite October proving to a particularly busy period for professional rugby, Gemmell has secured a squad brimming with international sevens experience and is delighted that the quality of talent has been recognised.
"There are seven guys who were part of the squad in London and Edinburgh and we've got two additional players - Scott Forrest and Hefin O'Hare - who both played in the semi final team in London and Edinburgh last year.
"There's a wealth of experience there, then you bring in players such as Scott Newlands who has been performing well for Edinburgh.
"To have someone such as Dave Callam in there as an internationalist it gives us real leadership and experience both on and off the field. He's really excited to be included and is looking forward to going to Delhi."
In Delhi a total of 16 teams will compete for one gold medal. These teams include reigning Commonwealth Games gold medallists New Zealand and IRB Sevens World Series champions Samoa.
Scotland will go into the Games seeded eighth by the IRB and will play in pool A, against defending Games champions and top seeds New Zealand, World Series regulars Canada and Caribbean champions Guyana, who also competed on the World Series this season in Las Vegas.
Scotland sevens squad: Mike Adamson, Alex Blair, David Callam, Scott Forrest, Chris Fusaro, John Houston, Lee Jones, Stuart McInally, Scott Newlands, Hefin O'Hare, Colin Shaw, Andrew Turnbull.
Reserve players: Struan Dewar, Peter Horne, James King, Scott Riddell.
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