TOMMY Seymour and Sean Maitland will make their first start of the summer for Scotland against France on Saturday. Both Seymour, who is on the right wing, and Maitland, who comes in at full-back, have been making their way back from injury. Tim Swinson, who pulled out of the squad in June because of injury but played for Glasgow in Canada last weekend, is on the bench.
Josh Strauss, who does not become eligible to play for Scotland until later this month, is now the only member of Vern Cotter’s 31-strong squad for the Rugby World Cup who will not have played in the series of four warm-up games.
There are three other changes, beside Seymour and Maitland, from the team that began last week’s win over Italy. Matt Scott comes in at inside centre to replace Peter Horne, and in the pack Richie Gray replaces Grant Gilchrist in the second row, while John Hardie replaces John Barclay at openside.
Scotland (v France at the Stade de France, Saturday, kick-off 8pm BST): S Maitland; T Seymour, M Bennett, M Scott, T Visser; F Russell, G Laidlaw; A Dickinson, R Ford, W Nel, R Gray, J Gray, R Wilson, J Hardie, D Denton. Subs: F Brown, G Reid, J Welsh, T Swinson, A Strokosch, S Hidalgo-Clyne, D Weir, S Lamont.
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