The Scotland Sevens team are inviting young rugby fans to meet and train with them at their penultimate training session at Murrayfield from 2.30pm tomorrow (Wednesday 27 May) before the Emirates Airline Edinburgh Sevens this weekend (Saturday 30 and Sunday 31 May).

The session will involve a warm up, skills zone, passing and kicking challenges. Afterwards the team will have a training session in preparation for the weekend’s contest, from 3pm. 

Scotland stars Allister Hogg and Sean Lamont, who are included in the squad for this weekend, will be available for photographs and autographs along with the rest of the team.

To be involved please arrive at Murrayfield for 2.15pm prompt and congregate around the artificial pitch on the Murrayfield back pitches.  Entry to the stadium is via Gate B off Roseburn Street, Edinburgh.

Scotland 7s squad to compete at the final tournament in the IRB Sevens World Series in Edinburgh (30 and 31 May): Scott Forrest (Ayr)* CAPTAIN, Mike Adamson (Glasgow Warriors), Roddy Grant (West of Scotland)*, Colin Gregor (Glasgow Warriors), Allister Hogg (Edinburgh), John Houston (Edinburgh), Greig Laidlaw (Edinburgh), Sean Lamont (Northampton), Hefin O’Hare (Glasgow Warriors), Colin Shaw (Glasgow Warriors), Jim Thompson (Edinburgh), Andrew Turnbull (Edinburgh)

* = Member of Scottish Rugby’s Contracted National Academy

Edinburgh Pool C: Kenya, England, Canada, Scotland

Scotland 7s’ Pool C fixtures on day one (Saturday 30 May) of the Emirates Airline Edinburgh Sevens Festival: England v Scotland (kick-off 12.09pm), Kenya v Scotland (3.13pm), Canada v Scotland (6.56pm)

Ticket prices

Adult one day advance ticket - £15 (£20 on the day)
Family one day advance ticket - £35 (two adults & two children) - £50 on the day
Senior one day citizen - £10
One day student and under-18 - £10 and £5

Emirates Airline Edinburgh 7s Festival broadcast schedule
A live ten-hour broadcast on day one begins at 9.30am, with coverage on a combination of Sky Sports 1, Sky Sports Xtra and via the interactive service (activated by pressing the red button). 

BBC RADIO SCOTLAND (810MW)
Saturday:  Interviews throughout the day with a round up on the evening’s Sports Report (6.50pm)
Sunday:  1-7pm

RADIO BORDERS

The Emirates Airline Edinburgh Sevens Festival is the eighth and final leg of the IRB Sevens World Series. It will be held at Murrayfield on 30 and 31 May 2009.
Tickets for each day of the Emirates Airline Edinburgh Sevens Festival - priced at £15 for adults, £10 for students and senior citizens and £5 for under 18s – are available to by logging onto www.scottishrugbytickets.com by calling the Ticket Hotline on 0871 200 1511 (open 9am-5pm, Monday to Friday) or in person from the Murrayfield Ticket Centre, Roseburn Street, Edinburgh (open 9am-5pm, Monday to Friday).
Rugby Sevens will be one of the showpiece events of the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
The Emirates Airline Edinburgh 7s is the last major event happening at Murrayfield, the home of Scottish Rugby, in May

Saturday 2 and Sunday 3 May: Rugby League’s Magic Weekend
Sunday 10 May: Scottish Hydro Electric Cup Finals Day
Saturday 23 May: The Heineken Cup Final
Saturday 30 and Sunday 31: Emirates Airline Edinburgh 7s Festival

Scottish Rugby has worked extensively with event partners Event Scotland, Visit Scotland and the City of Edinburgh Council, to fully promote the world-class events coming to Murrayfield to ensure that everybody attending is fully aware of what Edinburgh as a city has to offer both the resident and the visitor.

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EventScotland is working to make Scotland one of the world’s leading event destinations. By developing an exciting portfolio of sporting and cultural events EventScotland is helping to raise Scotland’s international profile and boost the economy by attracting more visitors.

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VisitScotland is Scotland’s national tourism organisation. Its core purpose is to maximise the economic benefit of tourism to Scotland.

The organisation has three key roles:
1. To market Scotland to all parts of the world to attract visitors
2. To provide information – and inspiration – to visitors and potential visitors so they get the best out of a visit to Scotland
3. To provide quality assurance to visitors and quality advice to the industry and partners to help the industry meet and strive to exceed customer expectations

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Our picture shows community interaction from last year's Emirates Airline Edinburgh 7s Festival.