EDINBURGH TO HOST SERIES FINALE 

Ten years on from the inaugural IRB World Sevens Series event in Dubai, Scottish Rugby has announced that it will again host the finale of the Series at the end of May (29/30).

Last year Scotland cruised past London Sevens winners England (33-17) and Canada (16-5) on day one before seeing off Samoa in a (14-12) nail-biter on their way to their second successive semi-final slot where they suffered an agonising sudden-death defeat to newly crowned Series Champions, South Africa, on day two.

Scotland 7s head coach Stephen Gemmell, said: “In the three years Murrayfield has hosted the final event we have seen some memorable Scotland performances, especially in this year’s semi-final against South Africa.

“We compete at some fantastic events on the World Series, but it’s always special for the squad to return home and play the final tournament in front of a passionate home crowd at Murrayfield.”

Over 20,000 raucous supporters arrived from all over the world for the international party at a sun-drenched Murrayfield this year and the Chief Executive of Scottish Rugby, Gordon McKie, believes that there’ll be many familiar faces at next year’s Emirates Airline Edinburgh Sevens Festival.