TEAM Scotland has accumulated a massive haul of medals at Commonwealth Games since the turn of the century, from a total of 30 at Manchester in 2002 to 44 in the Gold Coast four years later. So far, rugby sevens has yet to contribute even a solitary bronze to that total - but Lee Jones, for one, is confident that could be about to change.
Birmingham will be the fourth Games for the former Glasgow Warriors and Scotland winger, and so far he has got no closer to the podium than the sixth place the squad managed in both 2010 and 2018. The men’s tournament itself has been part of the Games programme since 1998 - the women’s event was held for the first time four years ago - and to date has been dominated by traditional powerhouse New Zealand, who have won all but once.
