Core member Ally Miller will join the Scotland 7s squad at the the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series event in Cape Town, South Africa this weekend.

Head Coach Ciaran Beattie has lost the services of Kyle Rowe, who injured his collar bone in Scotland’s final match in Dubai against Kenya. The 13^th man in South Africa will be Nyle Godsmark.

After a chastening opening series leg, during which Scotland finished 14^th, the squad have made the trip to Cape Town where they are drawn in Pool C alongside England, France and Spain in an all-European group.

The Scots face England in their event opener on Friday, before going on to play France and Spain on Saturday at the Cape Town stadium.

Beattie has challenged his players to build on some encouraging moments from Dubai.

He said: “There were positives to be taken in particular from our games with USA and Ireland.

“The great thing about this series is the opportunity to get back on track is never far away and as a group we’ve talked about a consistency of performance that would lend itself to stronger results.

“Every fixture in Cape Town will present its own challenge but I’d like to think that we can cause any side problems.”

Scotland 7s squad to compete in the second leg of the 2019/20 HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series in Cape Town

1. Scott Bickerstaff (1)
2. Ally Miller (14)
3. Alec Coombes (11)
4. Robbie Fergusson CAPTAIN (20)
5. Harvey Elms (16)
6. Tom Brown (3)
7. Dougie Fife (17)
8. Femi Sofolarin (1)
9. Sam Pecqueur (11)
10. Gavin Lowe (35)
11. Max McFarland (21)
12. Ross McCann (12)
13. Nyle Godsmark (27)

(World Series tournaments in brackets)

Scotland 7s Fixtures in Cape Town – live on Sky Sports

Friday 13 December

England 7s v Scotland 7s (kick-off 3.43pm GMT)

Saturday 14 December

France 7s v Scotland 7s (kick-off 10.01am GMT)

Spain 7s v Scotland 7s (kick-off 3.51pm GMT)

Sunday 15 December

TBC (dependent on pool stage results)