A SCOTS rugby-playing pupil has acquired a call-up to symbolize his nation on the Commonwealth Youth Video games in Rugby 7s.
Joe Townshend, who attends Strathallan Faculty in Perthshire, will kind a part of the primary Scottish Males’s Rugby 7s crew at a Youth Video games because the Isle of Man Video games in 2011.
Joe was already chosen for the Scottish under-18 crew earlier this yr and has mentioned it was a dream come true to play for Scotland within the upcoming Rugby 7s.
“I’m actually excited, it’s a tremendous expertise. It’s a high-level event however we now have an distinctive crew who’re working nicely collectively,” he mentioned.
Joe, who first began enjoying rugby when he was 7-years-old, fell in love with the game at Belhaven Hill Faculty earlier than shifting to Strathallan in Third Kind.
Now, a Strathallan Rugby Academy participant, Joe relished the problem of transitioning from the normal 15s sport to the lightning-fast 7s format.
“It’s a complete totally different ball sport,” he added. “The health calls for are intense, however I’m having fun with the change of tempo. It’s quick and livid.”
Joe isn’t the one Strathallan scholar making their mark for Scotland and Nice Britain this summer season.
He’ll be a part of fellow Strathallan scholar Evan Davidson who will probably be making a splash within the pool for Staff Scotland on the Commonwealth Youth Video games.
The 2023 Commonwealth Youth Video games will happen from 1 to 7 August in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.
