Scotland Squad Update: Five Injured, Six Added
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Gregor Townsend has added six players to his Six Nations Squad ahead of Scotland taking on France this Saturday at BT Murrayfield.
James Lang, Ollie Smith, Oli Kebble, Simon Berghan, Kiran McDonald and Marshall Sykes have met up with the Scotland squad while Rory Sutherland, Javan Sebastian, Jonny Gray, Scott Cummings and Cam Redpath have returned to their club teams.
Rory Sutherland sustained a rib injury in the loss over Wales and is undergoing rehab.
Jonny Gray will be out of the France match due to an ankle injury and Scott Cummings is ruled out due to a knee injury. Cam Redpath will also be unavailable through injury. They will continue to be assessed in the coming weeks ahead of the remaining two games against Italy and Ireland.
Glasgow Warriors tighthead prop Simon Berghan makes a return to squad replacing Javan Sebastian in the front row. Berghan signed for the Warriors at the start of this season and has been capped on 31 occasions. Fellow Glasgow Warriors prop, Oli Kebble will also join up with the squad, having made his Scotland debut in October 2020, amassing 11 caps since then.
In the second-row, Edinburgh Rugby’s Marshall Sykes has been called up after making his Scotland debut in the Autumn Nations Series last year, coming off the bench against Tonga. Joining him in the second-row options is uncapped Glasgow Warriors player Kiran McDonald who signed for the Scotstoun club in 2017.
Edinburgh Rugby centre, James Lang, has met up with the squad and will be looking to add to his six Scotland caps so far. Fresh from his Man of the Match performance against Benetton for Glasgow Warriors on Saturday night, uncapped full-back Ollie Smith has also been called up.
Having been ruled out of the opening two Six Nations games through concussion, Josh Bayliss made an impressive return at the weekend, scoring a try for Bath in a defeat to Leicester Tigers, and he will be available for selection.
Scotland Squad
Forwards
Ewan Ashman - Sale Sharks – 2 caps
Josh Bayliss – Bath Rugby – 2 caps
Simon Berghan - Glasgow Warriors - 31 caps
Magnus Bradbury – Edinburgh Rugby - 16 caps
Andy Christie - Saracens - uncapped
Allan Dell - London Irish - 32 caps
Rory Darge – Glasgow Warriors – 1 cap
Matt Fagerson - Glasgow Warriors - 19 caps
Zander Fagerson - Glasgow Warriors - 44 caps
Grant Gilchrist - Edinburgh Rugby – 50 caps
Nick Haining – Edinburgh Rugby – 10 caps
Jamie Hodgson - Edinburgh Rugby – 3 caps
Oli Kebble - Glasgow Warriors - 11 caps
Stuart McInally – Edinburgh Rugby – 45 caps
Kiran McDonald – Glasgow Warriors – uncapped
WP Nel - Edinburgh Rugby - 45 caps
Pierre Schoeman - Edinburgh Rugby - 6 caps
Sam Skinner - Exeter Chiefs - 17 caps
Marshall Sykes - Edinburgh Rugby - 1 cap
George Turner - Glasgow Warriors – 20 caps
Hamish Watson - Edinburgh Rugby – 45 caps
Backs
Mark Bennett - Edinburgh Rugby - 22 caps
Darcy Graham - Edinburgh Rugby - 24 caps
Chris Harris - Gloucester Rugby - 33 caps
Stuart Hogg - Exeter Chiefs - 90 caps - Captain
Rory Hutchinson - Northampton Saints - 5 caps
Sam Johnson - Glasgow Warriors - 22 caps
Blair Kinghorn - Edinburgh Rugby - 30 caps
James Lang - Edinburgh Rugby – 6 caps
Rufus McLean - Glasgow Warriors - 2 caps
Ali Price - Glasgow Warriors - 48 caps
Kyle Rowe - London Irish - uncapped
Finn Russell - Racing 92 - 60 caps
Ollie Smith - Glasgow Warriors - uncapped
Kyle Steyn - Glasgow Warriors - 3 caps
Sione Tuipulotu- Glasgow Warriors – 3 caps
Duhan van der Merwe - Worcester Warriors - 15 caps
Ben Vellacott - Edinburgh Rugby – uncapped
Ben White - London Irish – 2 caps