MAX MCFARLAND may be a new recruit to the Scotland rugby sevens set-up but the Irish-born winger has, he says, slotted seamlessly into the team which heads to Gold Coast 2018.

The 24-year-old learnt his trade at the Leinster Rugby Academy but currently plies his trade with Glasgow Warriors. He qualifies for the Scotland national team through his mother, who is from the famous rugby clan, the Laidlaws and he admits that he cannot wait to make his Commonwealth Games debut.

But first, the Scots will play the Hong Kong Sevens World Series tournament which will, he believes will be the perfect build-up for the Games. “The main focus for Hong Kong is to see how our team gels together,” he said.

“We’ve got the pro boys coming in so we’re really excited to have them and see what they can bring to the group. The main thing is that we need to get the comms across because they’ve been playing 15s the whole time. But we’re pretty optimistic.”