Scotland Squad Update: Five Injured, Six Added

February 21, 2022
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Ultimate Rugby

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