By Alan Lorimer At the Malaysia Sevens

Scotland emerged as winners of the Bowl competition in the IRB World Series Malaysia Sevens with an easier than expected victory over Korea by 41-12 at the Petaling Jaya Stadium in Kuala Lumpur.

It was a superb effort by the Scots against a side that had dismissed Canada in the Bowl semi-final.

But the Scots, saving the best effort last, made their first-half performance count.

Glasgow flanker Gareth Flockhart, who played a key part in the Scots physical approach to the match, said: "We simply blew them apart in the first five minutes."

Scotland made a crisp start with a try by David Gray and thereafter never looked back.

Two further tries by Gray and one apiece by Flockhart and Scott Paterson gave the Scots a handsome 29-0 lead at half time.

A fourth try by Gray and one by substitute Charlie Keenan sealed a deserved win for the Scots, who will now go into the next IRB World Series Sevens tournament at Twickenham with confidence and a better seeding.

Scotland had reached the final after defeating Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) by 14-7 in a close match.

The Scots opened strongly with a well-worked move that produced a try under the posts for Darren Burns, leaving Clark Laidlaw with an easy conversion.

Taipei hit back with a converted try to level the scores at the break.

Then, as a tropical rainstorm hit the stadium, Scotland played a conservative game before engineering a try for Charlie Keenan, the winger kicking ahead, before gathering skilfully to run in under the posts. Laidlaw again converted.

Scotland had missed out on qualifying for the quarter-finals of the main competition, having been edged out in their group on points difference by Samoa.

They then defeated host nation Malaysia by 33-5 in the quarter-finals of the Bowl.

Scotland squad: O Brown, D Burns, I Fairley, G Flockhart, D Gray, A Hotson, C Keenan, G Kiddie, C Laidlaw, G Lawson, S Lamont, S Paterson.

Group A New Zealand, Wales, Canada, Malaysia
Group B Fiji, Samoa, Scotland, Singapore
Group C South Africa, Argentina, Korea, Chinese Taipei
Group D England, Australia, Japan, Thailand