Arron Reed on his whirlwind week, from wedding to Scotland debut

From tying the knot to comprehensively unpicking the Canadian defence as he scored two tries on his Test debut: it really was quite the eight days for Arron Reed.

The Sale Sharks and Scotland wing left camp to marry his long-term partner Fiona Lockhart in Clitheroe on Friday June 28, the day before the bulk of the squad flew out for the summer tour of the Americas.

Reed enjoyed a single day of wedded bliss before joining them in Ottawa, all thoughts of a honeymoon postponed until after he had consummated his union with a country that means so much to the families of both him and his new bride.

The 24-year-old was born and raised in northwest England, but his father was born in