George Turner will win a fiftieth Scotland cap this Saturday 23 November, as Tonga go to Scottish Gasoline Murrayfield for the Quilter Nations Collection finale.
Sione Tuipulotu is the only real beginning XV survivor from final week’s loss to Argentina as head coach Gregor Townsend makes a raft of modifications to his squad.
For Scotland’s last Take a look at match of 2025, centre Tuipulotu will hyperlink up with Glasgow teammate Ollie Smith, with fellow Warrior Kyle Rowe chosen on the appropriate wing.
Duhan van der Merwe, a substitute final outing, is given the nod on the opposing wing, with Tom Jordan chosen at full-back in a primary begin of the sequence.
Scotland could have a new-look half-back pairing, with stand-off Fergus Burke primed for a primary house cap and scrum-half Ben White making a welcome return after lacking out via sickness final week.
Zander Fagerson is one other returnee, with the tighthead prop having recovered from an damage that curtailed his involvement within the British & Irish Lions tour earlier within the yr.
Rory Sutherland will pack down at loosehead prop, becoming a member of half-centurion Turner to finish the entrance row.
It’s all change within the second row, as Max Williamson and Alex Samuel be a part of forces within the engine room to start out collectively, having each assumed the position as substitutes within the sequence opener in opposition to USA.
Within the again row, Jamie Ritchie and Andy Onyeama-Christie earn first appearances of the autumn at blindside and openside flanker respectively, with Magnus Bradbury coming in at No.8.
On the bench, hooker Ewan Ashman, who final weekend grew to become Scotland males’s all-time prime try-scoring ahead, with 12, is joined by props Nathan McBeth and Will Hurd, the latter of whom was a late call-up to the broader squad.
Second row Marshall Sykes and Josh Bayliss, who will cowl the again row positions, are the remaining forwards.
And Scotland’s last squad of the calendar yr is accomplished by again replacements, scrum-half George Horne, centre Stafford McDowall and Kyle Steyn, who has 5 tries in two appearances in opposition to Sunday’s opponents.
Scotland (caps in brackets):
15. Tom Jordan – Bristol Bears (11)
14. Kyle Rowe – Glasgow Warriors (15)
13. Ollie Smith – Glasgow Warriors (11)
12. Sione Tuipulotu – Glasgow Warriors (32) – Captain
11. Duhan van der Merwe – Edinburgh Rugby (51)
10. Fergus Burke – Saracens (2)
9. Ben White – Toulon (30) – Vice-captain
1. Rory Sutherland – Glasgow Warriors (44)
2. George Turner – Harlequins (49)
3. Zander Fagerson – Glasgow Warriors (75)
4. Alex Samuel – Glasgow Warriors (2)
5. Max Williamson – Glasgow Warriors (8)
6. Andy Onyeama-Christie (Saracens) (9)
7. Jamie Ritchie – Perpignan (60) – Vice-captain
8. Magnus Bradbury – Edinburgh Rugby (20)
Replacements
16. Ewan Ashman – Edinburgh Rugby (31)
17. Nathan McBeth – Glasgow Warriors (4)
18. Will Hurd – Leicester Tigers (9)
19. Marshall Sykes – Edinburgh Rugby (6)
20. Josh Bayliss – Bath Rugby (13)
21. George Horne – Glasgow Warriors (39)
22. Stafford McDowall – Glasgow Warriors (15)
23. Kyle Steyn – Glasgow Warriors (27)
