Head coach Gregor Townsend has been forced into a late change to the Scotland line-up for Saturday’s Six Nations clash against England.
Replacement prop Rory Sutherland has been withdrawn from the Scots’ match-day 23 with a back injury. His place on the bench at Twickenham has been taken by Jamie Bhatti.
Calcutta Cup-holders Scotland are bidding for an unprecedented fifth straight win over England in what is rugby union’s oldest international fixtures, with the teams first meeting in 1871.
Both sides have won one and lost one of their opening two fixtures in this Six Nations, with England coming into Saturday’s match following a dramatic 26-25 victory over France and Scotland looking to bounce back from a 32-18 loss at home to champions Ireland.
REVISED SCOTLAND – 15 Blair Kinghorn, 14 Kyle Rowe, 13 Huw Jones, 12 Tom Jordan, 11 Duhan van der Merwe, 10 Finn Russell (co-capt), 9 Ben White, 8 Jack Dempsey, 7 Rory Darge (co-capt), 6 Jamie Ritchie, 5 Grant Gilchrist, 4 Jonny Gray, 3 Zander Fagerson, 2 Dave Cherry, 1 Pierre Schoeman.
Bench: 16 Ewan Ashman, 17 Jamie Bhatti, 18 Will Hurd, 19 Sam Skinner, 20 Gregor Brown, 21 Matt Fagerson, 22 Jamie Dobie, 23 Stafford McDowall.
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