Hamish Watson will replace his Edinburgh teammate Luke Crosbie in the only change to Scotland’s starting XV for Sunday’s Six Nations showdown with France in Paris.
Gregor Townsend has kept faith with the majority of the team that began the emphatic victory over Wales at Murrayfield a fortnight ago, but Crosbie has dropped out of the 23-man squad altogether.
Watson, a member of the 2021 British and Irish Lions squad, has been a regular starter for the national team but sat out the opening two matches against Wales and England as he had been short of game time since the autumn due to concussion issues.
Changes were always expected to be kept a minimum, although it had been speculated that Blair Kinghorn, who came off the bench against the Welsh to make a positive, try-scoring impact, might get the nod over Stuart Hogg who was forced off early with a head injury.