Aberdeen Grammar fullback/centre, Steve Aitken, and Melrose centre/stand-off Craig Jackson have both been called up to the Scotland 7s squad for this weekend's IRB Sevens World Series event in Las Vegas, USA (13 & 14 February).
The duo replace Mike Adamson and Grant Anderson who retire with chest and ankle injuries respectively.
Aitken was a member of the Scotland U20 World Championship squad last season whilst Jackson, the cousin of Glasgow Warriors stand-off Ruaridh Jackson, is a Scotland U18 internationalist.
IRB USA Sevens, Pool C: Samoa, Kenya, Scotland, Chile
Scotland 7s' Pool C fixtures on day one (Saturday 13 February) of the Emirates Airline USA Sevens in Las Vegas (13 & 14 February):
Samoa v Scotland, kick-off 12.28pm local time (8.28pm GMT)
Kenya v Scotland, kick-off 3.36pm local time (11.36pm GMT)
Scotland v Chile, kick-off 6.08pm local time (2.08am GMT on Sun 14 Feb)
Scotland 7s squad to compete at the IRB Sevens World Series events in Wellington (5 & 6 February) and Las Vegas (13 & 14 February): Scott Forrest* CAPTAIN, Steve Aitken (Aberdeen Grammar Rugby)**, Struan Dewar (Heriot’s)**, Craig Jackson (Melrose)**, Peter Jericevich (Glasgow Hawks)**, Lee Jones (Selkirk), Chris Kinloch (Glasgow Warriors), Scott Riddell (Blaydon), Colin Shaw*, David Tait (Sale Sharks), Andrew Turnbull (Edinburgh), Duncan Weir (Glasgow Hawks)**

This article was posted on 12-Feb-2010, 21:34 by Hugh Barrow.