THE SRU'S bid to bring more high-profile sporting events to Murrayfield will take another step forward on Monday when it is announced that the Heineken Cup Final is to return to the Scottish capital next season.
The prestigious European final was first held at Murrayfield in 2005, when Toulouse defeated Stade Francais after extra-time, in front of more than 51,000 supporters after three times being hosted by Cardiff and twice each in France, England and Ir
eland.
The final returned to Wales' Millennium Stadium in 2006, London last year and will next weekend be contested again in Cardiff, by Toulouse and Munster.
The European Rugby Cup organisers will be back at Edinburgh Castle on Monday to confirm that the final is heading back to Scotland at a time when the two remaining Scottish teams appear to be in better health than at any time previously.
Meanwhile, Colin Gregor, the Glasgow stand-off and sevens star, returns to the Scotland sevens squad for the Emirates Airline Edinburgh 7s, at Murrayfield on 31 May-1 June. The final event of the IRB World Sevens Series will be the first opportunity to see the squad in action on home soil since winning the 125th Melrose Sevens as the Scottish Thistles.
The Scotland women's team play Wales this evening in the quarter-finals of the FIRA-AER European Championships at the National Rugby Centre in Amsterdam. If the Scots win, they will face the winners of France v Holland in the last four.
Scotland 7s squad: S Forrest (Ayr) capt, M Adamson (Glasgow), B Addison (Stirling County), G Anderson (Ayr), C Fusaro (Heriot's), C Gregor (Glasgow), G Laidlaw (Edinburgh), S Lawrie (Edinburgh), C Shaw (Glasgow), J Thompson (Heriot's), A Turnbull (Edinburgh), R Vernon (Glasgow).
Scotland Women (v Wales in Amsterdam, 5.30pm): H Lockhart (Hillhead/Jordanhill); S-L Walker (Watsonians), B Dickens (Murrayfield Wanderers), Jill McCord (RHC) capt, L Wheeler (Blaydon); L Moffat (RHC), L Reid (RHC); K Holdsworth (Watsonians), S Gill (Murrayfield Wanderers), E Kerr (Richmond), C D'Silva (RHC), S Newton (Blaydon), R Fitzpatrick (RHC), T Griffiths (RHC), L Millard (Murrayfield Wanderers). Subs: J Hutchison (Hillhead/Jordanhill), L Forsyth (RHC), A Pratt (Watsonians), R Slaven (Murrayfield Wanderers), L Dalgleish (RHC), L Steven (Murrayfield Wanderers), L Douglas (Richmond).
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