Darge given first Scotland start against France

Rory Darge will make his first start for Scotland in Saturday's Six Nations clash with Grand Slam-chasing France at Murrayfield.

The Glasgow flanker made his international debut as a replacement against Wales earlier this month.

In all, Scotland coach Gregor Townsend has made three changes to the XV that started in a 20-17 defeat by Wales in Cardiff last time out.

Back-row forward Magnus Bradbury, who will start his first game for Scotland since 2020, and prop Zander Fagerson are the other two players recalled to the starting XV.

WP Nel, Jonny Gray and Matt Fagerson are the three players to drop out.

Kick off on Saturday is at 16:15.

Scotland:

15 Stuart Hogg (c), 14 Darcy Graham, 13 Chris Harris, 12 Sione Tuipulotu, 11 Duhan van der Merwe, 10 Finn Russell, 9 Ali Price, 8 Magnus Bradbury, 7 Hamish Watson, 6 Rory Darge,5 Grant Gilchrist, 4 Sam Skinner, 3 Zander Fagerson, 2 Stuart McInally, 1 Pierre Schoeman

Substitutes: 16 George Turner, 17 Oli Kebble, 18 WP Nel, 19 Jamie Hodgson, 20 Nick Haining, 21 Ben White, 22 Blair Kinghorn, 23 Mark Bennett