Calum Morrison and Andy Macphail in Squad

McPhail, who scored with his first touch on his Scotland debut in the European Nations Cup win over Wales last October, is joined by Napier University team-mates Mike Wallace, Lee Spence and Barry Earl. Currie winger Flockhart, who played in Scotland Under-21s shock win over England recently, has been a regular for Scotland Students Rugby League for several seasons and been capped by Scotland A.

Scotland face an extremely tough group, opening against holders New Zealand and ending against the hosts Australia, with Wales in between. “We are the outsiders but I think it’s a fantastic draw for us,” said coach Phil Slaney from Peebles. “If you are going to the other side of the world, you want to be playing the big guns and we are. Australia and New Zealand don’t know much about us and will think we’re just making up the numbers but we have an experienced, well-balanced squad who have played together for a while now. I think we can cause an upset, especially in the first game.”

Scotland Students squad for the World Cup;
Mark Webster (St Helens College)
Doug Flockhart (Heriot-Watt University)
Calum Morrisson (Glasgow University)
Michael Murphy (Liverpool John Moores University)
Barry Earl (Napier University)
Lee Spence (Napier University)
Bob Bahadori (Northumbria University)
Chris Fletcher (Leeds College of Building)
Mike Wallace (Napier University)
Andy Gray (Hopwood Hall College)
Tony Williams (Durham University)
Dave Jones (Birmingham University)
Sam Onions (Edinburgh University)
Dave Birchall (Liverpool John Moore University)
Keir Bell (Middlesex University)
Dave Simm (Napier University)
Ross Marshall (Ardrossan College)
Dave Ford (Loughborough College)
Stuart Dunbar (Huddersfield College)
Doug Thomson (Stevenson College)
Andy McPhail (Napier University)

Scotland Students leave for the Queensland and the Student World Cup next week. They arrive in Brisbane on Tuesday 28 June and have two days to get over their jet-lag at their Mt Gravatt Campus base before the opening ceremony on Thursday 30 June. The first game is against the hosts, Australia.

ROUND 1
Sat 2nd July at Griffith University Nathan Campus
1.00 pm Group B Ireland v Pacific Islands
2.45 pm Group A Australia v SCOTLAND
4.30 pm Group A New Zealand v Wales

Sun 3rd July
Curtain Raiser to the Brisbane Broncos v Cronulla
Group B England v France Kick off 12.30pm


ROUND 2
Tuesday 5th July at Griffith University Nathan Campus
6.15 pm Group B France v Pacific Islands
8.00pm Group B England v Ireland


Wednesday 6th July at Griffith University Nathan Campus
12 noon Group A SCOTLAND v Wales
Curtain Raiser to the 3rd State of Origin
Group A Australia v New Zealand Kick off 4.30pm


ROUND 3
Saturday 9th July at Griffith University Nathan Campus
2.00 pm Group B England v Pacific Islands
3.45 pm Group B France v Ireland

Sunday 10th July at Griffith University Nathan Campus
2.00pm Group A Australia v Wales
3.45 pm Group A New Zealand v SCOTLAND


PLAY OFFS
CUP SEMI FINALS
Winner of Pool A v Second in Pool B
Winner of Pool B v Second team in Pool A

PLATE SEMI FINALS
3rd in Pool A v fourth in Pool B
3rd in Pool B v fourth in Pool A

PLATE SEMI FINALS
Tuesday 12th July at Griffith University Nathan Campus
6.15 pm PSF 1 3rd Pool B v 4th Pool A
8.00pm PSF 2 3rd Pool A v 4th Pool B

CUP SEMI FINALS
Wednesday 13th July at Arana Hills RLFC
6.30 pm CSF 1 Winner Pool B v Second Pool A
8.15 pm CSF 2 Winner Pool A v Second Pool B

PLATE PLAY OFF AND FINAL
Friday 15th July at Griffith University Nathan Campus
6.30 pm Loser PSF 1 v Loser PSF 2 For Positions 7 and 8
8.15 pm Winner PSF 1 v Winner PSF 2 For Positions 5 and 6

FINAL AND 3RD PLACE PLAY OFF
Saturday 16th July at Easts RLFC, Langlands Park, Brisbane
1.30pm For Positions 3 and 4 Loser CSF 1 v Loser CSF 2
3.15pm WORLD CUP FINAL Winner CSF 1 v Winner CSF 2

This article was originally posted on 22-Jun-2005, 21:54 by Hugh Barrow.
Last updated by Hugh Barrow on 22-Jun-2005, 21:57.