Team Selection Notes Scotland Round 1
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Team Selection Notes Scotland Round 1
Vern Cotter hands 6 Nations debuts to prop Willem Nel and flanker John Hardie, whilst on the bench uncapped 20 year-old Glasgow Warriors prop Zander Fagerson is included. Should replacement hooker
Stuart McInally also appear he too will also make an 6 Nations debut.
Greig Laidlaw leads Scotland for the 22nd time and moves ahead of Bryan Redpath in the all-time Scottish table with only David Sole with 25 occasions as skipper lying ahead.
Stuart McInally also appear he too will also make an 6 Nations debut.
Greig Laidlaw leads Scotland for the 22nd time and moves ahead of Bryan Redpath in the all-time Scottish table with only David Sole with 25 occasions as skipper lying ahead.
The starting lineup has 493 test caps between them; the bench has a further 90 caps. Almost a third of the total caps in the XV is accounted for by the front-row.
The average age of the walk-on team is 27.1 years; the average on the bench is 25.9
