Grant Anderson, the 19-year-old Ayr fullback, has been called up to the Scotland 7s squad for the IRB Sevens World Series events in Hong Kong (28-30 March) and Adelaide (5-6 April).

Anderson, who is also a member of Scottish Rugby's Junior National Academy, replaces Andrew Turnbull who has returned to club duty for Edinburgh ahead of their Magners League game against Connacht at Murrayfield on Friday 21 March (kick-off 7:30pm).

Anderson was a member of the Scotland 7s squad when they reached the Cup quarter-finals in the first two tournaments of the 2008 IRB Sevens World Series in Dubai (UAE) and George (South Africa).

Revised Scotland 7s squad (sponsor Murray) to compete in the IRB Sevens World Series tournaments in Hong Kong (28, 29 & 30 March) and Adelaide (5 & 6 April): Scott Forrest (Ayr)* CAPTAIN, Mike Adamson (Glasgow Warriors), Ben Addison (Stirling County)*, Grant Anderson (Ayr)**, Chris Fusaro (Heriots)**, Roddy Grant (Heriots)*, Greig Laidlaw (Edinburgh), Scott Newlands (Edinburgh), Colin Shaw (Glasgow Warriors), James Thompson (Heriots)*, Richie Vernon (Glasgow Warriors), Ali Warnock (Edinburgh)

* = Member of Scottish Rugbys Senior National Academy
** = Member of Scottish Rugbys Junior National Academy and supported by Area Institute of Sport

Scotland 7s Pool E fixtures on day one and day two of the IRB Hong Kong Sevens:
Day 1 - Scotland 7s v Portugal, kick-off 7:32pm
Day 2 - Scotland 7s v China, kick-off 10:52am
Day 2 - Kenya v Scotland, kick-off 5:28pm
(All times are local time.)

Scotland 7s Pool A fixtures on day one of the IRB Adelaide Sevens:
Scotland 7s v Cook Islands, kick-off 12:15pm
Scotland 7s v Argentina, kick-off 3:21pm
New Zealand v Scotland 7s, kick-off 7:26pm
(All times are local time.)

IRB Sevens World Series
Dubai (UAE), 30 November-2 December
George (South Africa), 7-8 December
Wellington (New Zealand), 1-2 February
San Diego (USA), 9-10 February
Hong Kong (China), 28-30 March
Adelaide (Australia), 5-6 April
London (England), 24-25 May
Edinburgh (Scotland), 31 May-1 June

This article was posted on 20-Mar-2008, 19:15 by Hugh Barrow.