user: Q: The 22-year-old winger is preparing for the summer tour of Japan after an eye-catching campaign with Edinburgh.
"It would have been great to be involved at the World Cup, but for me it was a win-win situation," he said.
"I learned a lot from the more experienced guys [in the pre-tournament training squad] and that helped kick-start my season."
Hoyland was among the 16 players cut as head coach Vern Cotter selected 30 players for his World Cup pool.
Scotland went on to reach the quarter-finals, suffering a narrow quarter-final defeat by Australia at Twickenham in October.
"After training with them, I felt quite comfortable," he explained. "I did feel ready for it, but I'm in a much better place now.
"I felt way better for being involved in the pre-World Cup stuff and, if it wasn't for that, I maybe would have been a bit slower to start for Edinburgh and not done as well.
"How it worked out was maybe the best thing that could have happened for me.
"If I'd gone to the World Cup and not got much game-time then I would have missed a lot of games for Edinburgh.
"There's always disappointment, but it was quite easy to get back to reality and to focus on trying to play well for my club."
Hoyland was a late replacement in Scotland's second World Cup warm-up game, against Italy in Turin, but admits he did not seize the opportunity to impress.
"I didn't see any of the ball, maybe made one or two tackles," he recalls. "It was just the way the match went."
However, he was a bright light in another frustrating season for Edinburgh.
Having made his club debut in February 2015, Hoyland can boast eight tries from 22 starts for Alan Solomons' side.
Tommy Seymour, Sean Maitland and Sean Lamont are the other wingers in the squad for the two-Test visit to Japan, with the latter a call-up for the injured Tim Visser.
Hoyland said it was a confidence boost to originally be selected ahead of Lamont, who has 104 caps.
"I'm just embracing it, and trying to get on with it, without thinking about it too much," he added.
"From being involved last year, I know what's expected of me. I know I'll have to give everything.
"It's more about trying to bring what I've done for Edinburgh this season, although this is a much higher standard.
"This was the dream I had as a kid. It's about not getting caught up in that and trying to move on to the next level."

A: Damien Hoyland was disappointed not to make Scotland's World Cup squad but reckons it has worked in his favour.


Text: The Irish province's director of rugby Les Kiss said on Tuesday that the trio would all play a part in Friday's game.
Payne, 31, made his return after three months out because of a kidney injury when he came on in Ulster's Pro12 win over Zebre on Sunday.
Coetzee missed that game because of illness while Trimble was a replacement in Ireland's weekend win over France.
Trimble's fellow Ireland wing Craig Gilroy is also likely to return to Kiss' squad after missing Sunday's game.
Ireland coach Joe Schmidt has indicated that fit-again Payne could now come into consideration for a recall to the national squad for the remaining Six Nations games against Wales and England.
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Ulster boss Kiss was delighted to see New Zealand-born Payne emerge unscathed from his return to action.
"It was great to see Jared come out and have the 20 minutes. Baby steps but they are pretty good baby steps and we'll give him more time this week," Kiss told BBC Sport Northern Ireland.
"Jared's focus is to do the best he can for the Ulster jersey and get himself right and if something happens from there [with Ireland] then great."
With Ireland's full-back Rob Kearney a fitness concern for the Six Nations game in Cardiff on 10 March, there has been speculation that Payne be given game time at full-back against Treviso and when asked about this possibility, Kiss replied: "It's a good question".
The Ulster boss added that he intends make a number of changes this weekend because of the short five-day turnaround from the Parma game.
"We've also got Andrew Trimble back from the weekend [with Ireland] to get him a bit of rugby so I'm going to rotate a few players."
Springboks back row Coetzee has made an impressive start to his Ulster career after starring in his debut against Edinburgh on 10 February and then producing another forceful display in the impressive victory over Glasgow.
Centre Darren Cave remains out of contention for the Treviso game after being concussed against Glasgow while Louis Ludik is waiting to see whether he gets clearance to feature this weekend.
Ludik also missed the Treviso game after taking a bang to the head against Glasgow.
Ireland centre Stuart McCloskey remains unavailable for the visits of the Italians as he recovers from a calf injury which is expected to keep him out for around another fortnight, while Rodney Ah You and Ross Kane also remain on the injured list.
summary: Jared Payne, Andrew Trimble and Marcell Coetzee all look likely to feature in Ulster's Pro12 game against Treviso.


Q: The Vancouver Park Board voted to ban bringing in all new cetaceans, even if they are injured or rescued.
Some people believe keeping large mammals in captivity is cruel and dangerous for the animals' health.
But the Vancouver Aquarium says the ban effectively ends whale rehabilitation and research in Canada.
The aquarium, which sits on land controlled by the parks department, currently has three cetaceans, all of which were rescued and considered incapable of living in the wild.
These animals will remain and are not affected by the ban.
Protesters on both sides of the debate turned up for the vote on Monday night.
Public sentiment has been turning away from keeping whales in captivity for some time, says Vancouver Humane Society spokesperson Peter Fricker.
"There's substantial scientific evidence that cetaceans do suffer in captivity, and that outweighs the benefit of putting them on display for our entertainment," he told the BBC.
The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals also supports the ban.
Michael Wiebe, chair of the Vancouver Park Board, said that after two belugas died within days of one another at the aquarium last fall, the board decided they needed to look into whether it was right to keep bringing in more.
"I believe it is time to move on," he said.
An internal investigation later found the whales were killed by an unknown toxin, possibly introduced through their food.
But the Vancouver Aquarium says the ban will ultimately hurt the animals more than help. Its Marine Mammal Rescue Program is the only programme in Canada able to provide long-term care for rescued cetaceans that can't be released back into the wild, said CEO John Nightingale.
"It turns its back on some of the marine animals in need when they are in need," he told the BBC.
Although only six cetaceans have been treated at the rescue centre over the past 50 years. Mr Nightingale said its long-term care facility has helped attract top experts, who in turn have helped further research.

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assistant: A Canadian city has banned an aquarium from bringing in new dolphins, whales and narwhals.