Test Match 2016: i convocati della Scozia

ph. Sebastiano Pessina

Lo staff tecnico della nazionale scozzese ha annunciato i convocati per la finestra autunnale, che prevede per la squadra di Cotter i Test Match contro Australia (12 novembre a Murrayfield), Argentina (19 novembre a Murrayfield) e infine Georgia (26 novembre al Rugby Park di Kilmarnock). Assenti per infortunio Ashe, Bryce, Denton, Grant, Nel, Sutherland e Weir. L’unico uncapped in gruppo è il pilone di Edimburgo Allan Dell.

Piloni
Allan Dell (Edinburgh Rugby) – uncapped
Alasdair Dickinson (Edinburgh Rugby) – 58 caps
Zander Fagerson (Glasgow Warriors) – 1 cap
Moray Low (Exeter Chiefs) – 34 caps
Gordon Reid (Glasgow Warriors) – 18 caps

Tallonatori
Ross Ford (Edinburgh Rugby) – 99 caps
Fraser Brown (Glasgow Warriors) – 17 caps
Stuart McInally (Edinburgh Rugby) – 9 caps

Seconde Linee
Grant Gilchrist (Edinburgh Rugby) – 12 caps
Jonny Gray (Glasgow Warriors) – 25 caps
Richie Gray (Toulouse) – 58 caps
Tim Swinson (Glasgow Warriors) – 24 caps

Terze Linee
John Barclay (Scarlets) – 52 caps
John Hardie (Edinburgh Rugby) – 12 caps
Rob Harley (Glasgow Warriors) – 18 caps
Josh Strauss (Glasgow Warriors) – 9 caps
Hamish Watson (Edinburgh Rugby) – 2 caps
Ryan Wilson (Glasgow Warriors) – 20 caps

Mediani di Mischia
Greig Laidlaw (c, Gloucester) – 53 caps
Henry Pyrgos (Glasgow Warriors) – 18 caps

Apertura
Pete Horne (Glasgow Warriors) – 20 caps
Finn Russell (Glasgow Warriors) – 19 caps

Centri
Mark Bennett (Glasgow Warriors) – 16 caps
Alex Dunbar (Glasgow Warriors) – 18 caps
Huw Jones (Stormers) – 1 cap
Duncan Taylor (Saracens) – 18 caps

Ali
Damien Hoyland (Edinburgh Rugby) – 2 caps
Sean Maitland (Saracens) – 23 caps
Tommy Seymour (Glasgow Warriors) – 29 caps
Tim Visser (Harlequins) – 26 caps

Estremo
Stuart Hogg (Glasgow Warriors) – 45 caps