Six Nations: Townsend makes one change to face Ireland

Scotland Head Coach Gregor Townsend has made one change to the starting Scotland team for this Saturday’s 6 Nations Test against Ireland side in Dublin.

Back-to-back wins over France and England at Murrayfield have earned all but one of the starting XV the opportunity to take their home form on the road, with Glasgow Warriors wing Tommy Seymour an injury-enforced change to the back division, having failed to recover sufficiently from the back injury sustained in the national team’s Calcutta Cup win.

In-form Edinburgh Rugby back Blair Kinghorn will earn his first start for the national team on the wing in place of Seymour, with Glasgow Warriors wing Lee Jones taking his vacated place on the bench.

Townsend has made one further change to the replacements bench, with Glasgow Warriors hooker Fraser Brown – who featured in all but two Scotland Tests last year – returning from injury to replace Scott Lawson.

Scotland Head Coach, Gregor Townsend, said: “We were delighted with the result against England and backing up our win against France with an improved performance.

Scotland team to face Ireland in Dublin