Gregor Townsend changes 14 for Scotland vs Russia in Rugby World Cup
Scotland head coach Gregor Townsend has produced 14 modifications for Wednesday Rugby World Cup battle with Russia.
Edinburgh wing Darcy Graham is the only man to keep his location from a weeks 34-0 thrashing of Samoa so as to keep his stars fresh against hosts Japan since his pack shuffles.
Scotland need to have all three points on offer against Russia before beating against Japan at the weekend, while ensuring the Brave Blossoms dont outscore them.
With that in mind, by asking too a lot of his players to switch out double in the space of four times, Townsend has decided to take no chances.
Townsends selection signifies full-back Blair Kinghorn, centre Pete Horne, lock Ben Toolis along with hooker George Turner will get the chance to impress Russia, whilst scrum-half Henry Pyrgos – a late replacement call-up for the injured Ali Price – may do exactly the same if he gets off the seat.
First and foremost we have chosen a group we believe is capable of defeating an increasingly remarkable and combative Russia facet, who are looking to finish their pool effort on a top, said Townsend.
A number of our players are getting their very first start or Exam inside this tournament and have been invited to play their part in this World Cup, by assisting the staff deliver a winning operation on Wednesday.
Any successful World Cup campaign is developed on a team effort and also those gamers who did not get the opportunity to begin against Samoa really helped provide that team with a quality week of preparation.
Now its their opportunity to get stuck in to our next major game as we get into the final week of our pool matches.
Scotland: 15 Blair Kinghorn, 14 Tommy Seymour, 13 Duncan Taylor, 12 Pete Horne, 11 Darcy Graham, 10 Adam Hastings, 9 George Horne; 1 Gordon Reid, 2 George Turner, 3 Zander Fagerson, 4 Scott Cummings, 5 Ben Toolis, 6 John Barclay, seven Fraser Brown, 10 Ryan Wilson.
Replacements: 16 Stuart McInally, 17 Simon Berghan, 18 Willem Nel, 19 Grant Gilchrist, 20 Magnus Bradbury, 21 Jamie Ritchie, 22 Henry Pyrgos, 23 Chris Harris.
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