Beattie, the 38-year-old former Scotland Sevens player who had to retire due to injury aged just 21, has been a busy man in the last 12 months as he has been heading up the GB Sevens men’s and women’s programmes from a coaching point of view.
Springboks head coach Jacques Nienaber will step down at the end of the upcoming Rugby World Cup to make a club return to Ireland, the country where he previously worked as defence coach at Munster.