Wright proud of his under-20s

The youngest member of the Scotland U20 team this weekend, centre Mark Bennett, won't forget his first cap in a hurry having scored against France the day after his 18th birthday in the opening game of the 2011 Under-20 Six Nations, but it proved a consolation as Scotland slumped to a 49-5 defeat in the northern city of Caen.

Although the final scoreline suggests a rather one-sided affair, coach Peter Wright remains proud of the spirit in which the Scots played in Normandy and is confident his side has the quality, and the mental toughness, to bounce back when they return to home soil next weekend for an encounter against Wales at Bridgehaugh on Friday.

The former Scotland prop said: "We always knew it was going to be a big physical challenge but the boys stuck in and got on with it. We were outdone by team of big physical boys who were probably one of the best under-20 teams I've seen during my time working at this level.

"This experience will stand us in good stead for the rest of the tournament."

Scotland U20: Stuart Hogg (Glasgow Warriors/Hawick); Mike Doneghan (Glasgow Warriors/Stirling County), Mark Bennett (Ayr), Harry Leonard (Boroughmuir), Kerr Gossman (Glasgow Warriors/Glasgow Hawks); Craig Jackson (Melrose), Jamie Stevenson (Westcombe Park); Robin Hislop (Edinburgh/Boroughmuir), Richard Ferguson (Melrose), George Hunter (Glasgow Warriors/Glasgow Hawks) CAPTAIN, Mitchell Todd (Nottingham), Robert McAlpine (West of Scotland), James Tyas (Bath), Hamish Watson (Leicester Tigers), Grant Runciman (Melrose) Substitutes: David Cherry (Team Northumbria), Colin Phillips (Edinburgh/Stewart's Melville), Andy Kirkland (Glasgow Hawks), Alex Spence (Heriot's), Sean Kennedy (Stirling County), Tom Steven (Glasgow Hawks), Glen Bryce (Stirling County)

• Scotland will open day two of the Wellington sevens against the USA in the quarter-final of the Bowl competition after losing to hosts New Zealand (29-12), Argentina (22-14) and Papua New Guinea (14-12) in their pool matches.