The prolific Andrew Scott Turnbull is Scotland 7s’ top try-scorer and, having competed in his second Commonwealth Games (Delhi 2010) returned to the shortened game in 20/11 for the HSBC Sevens World Series.

So far in 2011/12 he has played in the two legs of the series scoring a whopping 12 tries from six games taking his try tally to 106.  

He finished the 2004/2005 season with 19 tries in eight tournaments, and after the 2007/2008 IRB circuit he had 37 tries. He added three tries to that tally in helping Scotland to win the Plate trophy in the IRB’s Wellington (New Zealand) tournament in February 2009. In the Rugby World Cup Sevens in Dubai a month later, when Scotland won the Plate competition, he ran in no fewer than seven tries, including three against Portugal in the semi-final and two versus Australia in the final. 

Andrew was among the top try-scorers at the IRB’s 2005 Rugby World Cup Sevens in Hong Kong, having topped the table at the end of the second day of competition with seven tries. His fast feet made him the talk of the tournament, and he helped Scotland to the quarter-finals and a top-eight finish. He was also instrumental in Scotland’s first top-eight finish of that season at the IRB Emirates Airline tournament in Dubai, but he was forced off the field through injury in the Cup quarter-final loss to New Zealand. He recovered and travelled with the squad to George (South Africa) and then two months later to Wellington (New Zealand) and Los Angeles (USA) before again helping his country to a top eight finish at the IRB Standard Chartered Singapore Sevens and the IRB Emirates Airline London Sevens. He was one of five players to play in all eight IRB tournaments in 2004-2005.

The following season, having recovered from a knee injury, Andrew made a comeback for Scotland at the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia, before going on to play in the IRB tournaments in Hong Kong, Singapore, Paris, and London. He was recalled to sevens duty for the Hong Kong, Adelaide (Australia), London and Edinburgh tournaments in 2008. Immediately after the Edinburgh sevens he travelled with the Scotland A squad for the Barclays Churchill Cup in North America. He made a try-scoring debut for the A team in the win against Argentina in Kingston, Ontario, and he also had a replacement appearance in the final against England Saxons in Chicago. A third Scotland A appearance followed as a replacement in the February 2009 match against the Irish at the RDS, Dublin. 

Andrew joined The Borders from Watsonians in 2003-2004 for a season before returning to the Myreside club, but he resumed a career in professional rugby when he joined Edinburgh in summer 2007: his contract was extended the following year. A former pupil of George Watson’s College and sports science student at Napier University, Andrew has represented Scotland at under-19 and under-21 levels as well as Scottish Schools, Edinburgh Rugby and the Edinburgh Rugby Development side, and he has also played for the Barbarians.

International record: 

Scotland 7s record: 535 points (107 tries from 35 IRB Sevens World Series tournaments)

Scotland A (3 caps): Scotland 7s, Scotland U19, U21, Scottish Schools

Commonwealth Games: 2006, 2010