England win thriller to lift World Cup

on the track. So it was a really good experience. I had a lot of motivation. My coach Andy Young really prepared me and watching Laura’s run on Friday in Monaco motivated me to do well. I feel I’d put in the training to do well.”

Perth prospect Ben Greenwood just missed out on a medal in the 800m final, finishing fourth as Markim Lonsdale secured silver. But Alisha Rees was part of the 4x100 relay squad that bagged bronze while Highland hopeful George Evans, the British team captain, took third place in the discus with a final round effort of 59.05 metres. “It’s unbelievable,” he said. “I threw the second-best throw of my season, so I can consider myself satisfied.” Scotland’s women crushed Germany 33-5 in the final to winthesecondandfinalleg of the Rugby Europe Women’s Sevens Trophy in Hungary yesterday.

A second successive tournament triumph means the Scots have qualified for the 2018 Sevens Grand Prix Series.

Captained by Edinburgh University’s Lisa Thomson, the Scots finished the tworound tournament unbeaten, scoring 81 tries and conceding only 12 points.

“I’m delighted to be involved in this special group,” said head coach Scott Wight. “We achieved exactly what we set out to do from day one.”

Wight used the same squad who won the first round of the trophy in the Czech Republic last month and was rewarded with another display of total domination.

They thrashed Romania 32-0 in the semi-final yesterday after a 50-0 victory over Latvia in the last eight. On Saturday’s opening day the Scots crushed Malta 41-0, Finland 38-0 and the Czech Republic 45-0.