The pair will join Canada and Nigeria in Pool A in a 16 team competition which sees four qualification pools of four teams ahead of the knock-out rounds.

In Pool B, Delhi 2010 bronze medallists South Africa will be the top seeds as they take on their emerging continental rivals Kenya as well as the Cook Islands and Trinidad and Tobago.

As a result of vast improvement over the last four years Samoa lead the seeding in Pool C where they will face Wales, Papua New Guinea and Malaysia, while Pool D is perhaps the most intriguing group as it will pit Australia against perennial rivals England.

Although Australia won the silver medal at Delhi 2010 in comparison to England's fourth place finish, it is England who are ahead in this season's World Series standings while additional opposition will come from Sri Lanka and Uganda.

The notable absentees in Glasgow, as they were at Delhi 2010, will be Fiji who after winning medals at each of the first three Commonwealth Games Sevens competitions are suspended from the Games due to Pacific Island's Military Government.

Despite this, IRB chairman Bernard Lapasset is among those to have heralded a competition which he sees as a "key part of the Commonwealth Games."

"To compete alongside their compatriots in a multi-sport environment is a matter of huge pride and honour for our rugby players, who are making giant strides in this new Olympic era," he added.

"We wish our rugby athletes all the best in this magnificent international event."

This enthusiasm was echoed by Greg Warnecke, head of sport at Glasgow 2014, who described how "Glasgow will welcome many of the world's best rugby sevens nations to compete at the Games."

"The standard of competition will be world-class, the action is fast-paced and with all of the teams playing in each session of competition, it guarantees a feast of rugby action and a brilliant atmosphere all round," he added.

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