Ross McCann (born 30 October 1997) is a Scottish rugby player who plays as a winger. From a sporting family, he and his brothers Ali McCann, who is a footballer who plays for

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, and Lewis McCann who plays for

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, are all from Edinburgh, born to an English mother and a Northern Irish father. Ross McCann went to school in

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and then the

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and was a school friend of

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with whom he also played for the

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and represented the under-20s for Scotland together. McCann went on then to play for Stewart's Melville RFC and

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. He signed a full-time contract to play in Scotland's sevens squad in 2018. In March 2021 he was named in the Great Britain Rugby Sevens training squad ahead of the 2020 Summer Games. On 18 June 2021 McCann was confirmed in the official Britain squad to travel to

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{{DEFAULTSORT:McCann, Ross 1997 births Living people Scottish rugby sevens players Rugby sevens players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic rugby sevens players for Great Britain Rugby sevens players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Rugby sevens players at the 2023 European Games European Games medalists in rugby sevens European Games silver medalists for Great Britain Rugby union players from Edinburgh Scottish people of Irish descent Scottish people of English descent Melrose RFC players Stewart's Melville RFC players People educated at the Royal High School, Edinburgh Edinburgh Rugby players Scottish rugby union players Rugby union wings