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As we exclusively revealed on our twitter page yesterday three of the players that featured for the Bone Steelers at last year’s Dubai Rugby Sevens have today been named in the 2010 squad.

Glenn Metcalfe, Duncan Hodge and Stuart Reid are the first squad members for this year’s tournament to be announced.

The squad of 15 will include former Scotland internationalists who will all be revealed over the coming months, leading up to the tournament from December 2-4.

New Zealand-born Metcalfe, now a firefighter back in his native country, started his Scottish club career in 1997 by helping the new Glasgow Hawks side to the Division Two and Scottish Cup double before being signed by Glasgow Caledonians.

He went on to win 38 caps for Scotland, starring in the Five Nations Championship success in 1999 and helped the Bone Steelers reach the semi-finals of the VETS tournament at last year’s Dubai Rugby Sevens.

Duncan Hodge and Stuart Reid both played together for Scotland and it was Hodge who put the boot into England in 2000 when Scotland sensationally beat them at Murrayfield. He scored all 19 points in that match with a try, conversion and four penalties.

Stuart Reid won eight caps for Scotland as a back-row specialist between 1995 and 2000 and played club rugby for Leeds, Edinburgh and Narbonne.

Glenn Metcalfe said today: “I’m thrilled to be going back to Dubai with the Bone Steelers. Last year was an incredible tour with a great bunch of lads and hopefully we can go one step better and make the final this time around”.

Further squad members for Dubai will be announced next month.

Bone Steelers Squad for 2010 Dubai Sevens (more TBC):

Glenn Metcalfe
Duncan Hodge
Stuart Reid