Howe of Fife's young sevens rugby stars have been causing quite a stir over the past fortnight and they will be looking to further enhance their reputations at the club's own event on Saturday.
Sixteen teams will compete in the Carters Howe of Fife Sevens at Duffus Park, Cupar, the third tournament out of five in the Legacy Sevens Series.
The series is backed by Glasgow City Council, Glasgow Life, Scottish Rugby and rugby clubs across Scotland and aims to assist player development and increase awareness of sevens ahead of the Glasgow Commonwealth Games in 2014.
Howe of Fife are certainly taking it seriously, having won the Stirling County event and having reaced the final at the Boroughmuir Sevens last Friday.
They have used the events – Hamilton and Cartha are the remaining tournaments to blood a number of young players, including schoolboys George Horne and Angus Guthrie.
The teenagers, who are at Strathallan School, have slotted in to the team seamlessly and are just the latest products of Howe's superb youth set-up.
Ever since the Howe of Fife/Bell Baxter HS team, including such players as the Glasgow Warriors' duo Pete Horne and Chris Fusaro, won a unique treble in 2006/07 (the schools cup, the clubs cup and the clubs sevens title) they have gone from strength to strength.
Garry Horne, the Howe of Fife coach, said: "We have always looked to bring on our best young players at the club and sevens is a great avenue to give them a taste of senior rugby.
"George and Angus have done well in the first two events and, as always with a Howe squad, there is a good team spirit among this bunch. The younger players are not treated any differently than the others and we like them to express themselves if they get the chance.
"The Legacy Sevens Series is growing in stature and it is something we want to win if we can this year."
DRAW (first tie 1pm)
Boroughmuir v Cartha QP, Glasgow Hawks v Perthshire, Aberdeen GSFP v Madras, Stirling County v TBC, Howe of Fife v Kirkcaldy, Greenock Wanderers v Dunfermline, Hamilton v Pigbarians and Dundee HS v Dalziel
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