Scotland change three for French clash

Scotland change three for French clash

Scotland hooker Fraser Brown will mark a half-century of Test caps for his country as one of three changes to face France this Sunday at BT Murrayfield Stadium.

 

 

All three alterations come in the forward pack where Brown will become the 43rd Scotland player to reach the milestone – and only the fourth in his position – with Edinburgh’s Stuart McInally moving to the bench.

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Edinburgh pair Grant Gilchrist and Nick Haining complete the starting changes, with Exeter Chiefs lock Sam Skinner returning from injury to join the squad on the bench for the first time this campaign and Magnus Bradbury taking a place among the replacements.


 
 

The bench also features the return of 27-times capped Worcester Warriors stand-off Duncan Weir, who could make his first Scotland appearance since the 2017 championship, while Glasgow Warriors’ Kyle Steyn would make his debut if called upon from the bench.

 
The remainder of the pack is unchanged once again, with props Zander Fagerson (Glasgow Warriors) and Rory Sutherland (Edinburgh), Glasgow lock Scott Cummings and Edinburgh back-row forwards Jamie Ritchie and Hamish Watson five of the 11 players to start their fourth consecutive Test this campaign.

 
An unchanged back division sees try-scorers against Italy – centre Chris Harris (Gloucester), stand-off Adam Hastings (Glasgow Warriors) and full-back Stuart Hogg (Exeter Chiefs) – return to reform their respective partnerships with Sam Johnson in midfield, Ali Price at scrum-half, and Blair Kinghorn (Edinburgh) and Sean Maitland (Saracens) in the back-three.

 
 
 

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