Ruaridh Jackson has been handed the captain's armband for the Scotland U20s opening match of the IRB Junior World Championship against Samoa in Wrexham on Friday night.
The stand off has recently joined Glasgow as a full-time professional.

Scotland head coach Colin Robertson said: "Ruaridh is a very mature 10. He was involved in degrees of leadership over the course of the 6 Nations and he has been pretty effective for us. For this game we feel he will give us the right leadership."

Scotland U20 squad for the IRB Junior World Championship match against Samoa at the Racecourse Ground, Wrexham (6 June 2008, kick off 7pm).

15 Peter Horne (Howe of Fife)

14 Lee Jones (Selkirk)
13 Chris Kinloch (Edinburgh Academicals and National Senior Academy)
12 Stevie McColl (Dunfermline and National Senior Academy)
11 Paul Loudon (Durham University)
10 Ruaridh Jackson (Glasgow Hawks and National Senior Academy)CAPTAIN
9 Peter Jericevich (GHA and National Senior Academy)

1 Gary Strain (Glasgow Hawks and National Junior Academy)
2 Adrian Duncan (Stewart's-Melville FP and National Senior Academy)
3 Joe Stafford (Hillhead-Jordanhill and National Senior Academy)
4 Fraser McKenzie (Heriot's and National Senior Academy)
5 Richie Gray (Stirling County and National Senior Academy)
6 Steven Burton (Currie)
8 Craig Simmonds (Heriot's)
7 Andrew Rose (Hartpury College)

Substitutes: Niall Shannon (Aberdeen Grammar FP), Lewis Niven (Edinburgh Academicals), Neale Patrick (Dunfermline), Lewis Calder (Newcastle Falcons), Ross Samson (Newcastle Falcons), James Murray (Leeds Carnegie and Edinburgh Academicals), Tom Bury (Boroughmuir and National Junior Academy).

This article was posted on 4-Jun-2008, 22:09 by Hugh Barrow.