Scotland 7s are off to the best possible start at the Hong Kong Sevens with a 31-7 win over Portugal.
The Scots led 12-0 at half time in the Hong Kong Stadium with a try apiece for Glasgow Warriors/Hawks' Max Evans and Edinburgh Rugby's Ross Rennie. Max's Warriors' and Hawks' team mate Mike Adamson converted Rennie's try.

In the second half Warriors apprentices Ben Addison and Jamie Hunter followed up with tries before Adamson added one of his own. He converted Addisons' try as well as his own for the 31-7 victory.

Coach Stevie Gemmell said: "The guys played to our shape and put Portugal under pressure. We were accurate and held our shape for the whole game, which we'd aimed to do. It has given us something to build on tomorrow when we play Sri Lanka and Fiji but we have to keep the continuity up."

On tomorrow's opening encounter, Gemmell said: "Sri Lanka lost 45-0 to Fiji today but we know they'll be competitive against us. We have to force them to defend and put them under pressure. We don't need to force it and we're looking forward to tomorrow’s matches. The atmosphere here in the stadium is very good."

This article was posted on 30-Mar-2007, 20:34 by Hugh Barrow.