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EDINBURGH : Scotland coach Gregor Townsend has largely gone with his tried and tested after naming four uncapped players in a 39-man squad for their Six Nations opener against Wales in Cardiff on Feb. 3, the Scottish Rugby Union said on Tuesday.
PARIS : Scotland captain Jamie Ritchie has been passed fit to play in their must-win Rugby World Cup Pool B fixture with Ireland in Paris on Saturday as wing Darcy Graham keeps his place and fullback Blair Kinghorn earns a 50th cap.
It's big, it's always big at the Rugby World Cup.
:Prop Javan Sebastian will make his first start for Scotland as one of 13 changes to the side to face Romania in their Rugby World Cup Pool B clash in Lille on Saturday, where a victory will keep Gregor Townsend’s team in with a chance of making the quarter-finals.
Prop Javan Sebastian will make his first start for Scotland as one of 13 changes to the side to face Romania in their Rugby World Cup Pool B clash in Lille on Saturday, where a victory will keep Gregor Townsend’s team in with a chance of making the quarter-finals.
Scotland still have a job to do against Romania on Saturday, but inevitably they are thinking ahead to a potential do-or-die clash with Ireland in Paris on 7 October where their fortunes in a tough Rugby World Cup Pool B will be decided. Scotland scored seven tries as they defeated Tonga 45-17 in a bruising encounter in Nice on Sunday to get their campaign up and running following an opening 18-3 loss to South Africa. Unless there are a shock set of results between now and then, Scotland are likely to head to the French capital knowing victory could see them into the quarter-finals at the expense of the number one ranked side in the world. "Never write us off," fullback Blair Kinghorn warned. "We did what we needed to do (against Tonga), we'll do what we need to do next week (against Romania), then we'll take it on into Paris.
NICE, France : Scotland got their World Cup campaign back on track with a bonus-point 45-17 victory over Tonga in their clash in Nice on Sunday to keep their quarter-final hopes alive in Pool B.
When Scotland's forwards hear the first 'crouch, bind, set' for a scrum against the Springboks in their Rugby World Cup opener in Marseille on Sunday, they will do so in confidence, propped up by two South Africans and having been coached by Pieter De Villiers.