The Scotland 7s team will face Argentina in the Bowl quarter-finals of the IRB Sevens World Series event in Las Vegas, USA.
Seeded third in Pool C, that is exactly where the Scots finished following defeats to Samoa (41-12) and Kenya (17-0) and victory over Chile (26-10) in the early hours of this morning (Sunday 14 January).
Following the final game of day one, Scotland 7s coach Stephen Gemmell said: “We made a disappointing start against Samoa where we lost some big physical battles.
“We played better in the second half and got ourselves back into the tournament against Kenya but we lacked some cutting edge with Andrew Turnbull unavailable due to a stomach bug.
“Against Chile, we played well, but having made a number of substitutions at half-time we lost our way a bit.
“We’re now looking forward to our Bowl quarter-final against Argentina where we’ll go out and give it our best shot.”
In their first game of the day, both Lee Jones and Craig Jackson touched down against Samoa with Jackson converting his own score.
Following a scoreless outing against Kenya, Scotland found their attacking form against fourth seeds Chile.
A Lee Jones double kicked off proceedings with Duncan Weir adding the extras on both occasions. David Tait then crossed just before the break with Weir again on target with the conversion.
Chris Kinloch (pictured) sealed the win for Scotland with a score in the second period.
Scotland will face Argentina in the Bowl quarter-finals at 7.44pm GMT today (11.44am local time).
Starting team v Samoa: Scott Forrest, Colin Shaw, David Tait, Peter Jericevich, Duncan Weir, Chris Kinloch, Lee Jones
Starting team v Kenya: Scott Forrest, Colin Shaw, Scott Riddell, Peter Jericevich, Duncan Weir, Chris Kinloch, Lee Jones
Starting team v Chile: Scott Forrest, Scott Riddell, David Tait, Peter Jericevich, Duncan Weir, Chris Kinloch, Lee Jones
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)**
* = Fulltime Scotland 7s player
** = Member of Scottish Rugby’s National Academy
IRB USA Sevens, Pool C: Samoa, Kenya, Scotland, Chile
Scotland 7s’ Pool C fixtures on day one (Saturday 13 December) of the IRB USA Sevens in Las Vegas (11 & 12 December):
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)
All the latest scores and reaction will be available on www.scottishrugby.org

This article was posted on 14-Feb-2010, 13:11 by Hugh Barrow.