Stuart Hogg will become the first teenage Scot for 40 years to start a Test match when Scotland face France in the RBS 6 Nations Championship at Murrayfield on Sunday.
Scotland will look to run the legs off France as they bid to overturn the form book and claim their first win of this season's RBS 6 Nations Championship on Sunday.
Nathan Hines might be comfortable with the fact that his international career is now over, but three-year-old Josh Hines is clearly struggling with the change.
Should Max Evans fail to recover from injury in time for Sunday's meeting with France, it will limit options, but Scotland's management have had some major decisions to make either way.
These past few days, the teachers and pupils at Carrick Academy in Ayrshire have joined forces to prepare for their Under-18s' first appearance in a Scottish rugby final at Murrayfield tomorrow.
Earlston High booked their place in the final of the Brewin Dolphin Scottish Schools under-18 Plate after defeating Madras College 23-7 at Myreside yesterday but now have just a day to recover before facing Carrick Academy tomorrow at Murrayfield.
Edinburgh have made a shrewd move by considerably extending Tim Visser's attachment to the club while European rugby's finest finisher is still waiting to complete his three years residency in Scotland that will allow him to play Test rugby at the highest level.
Max Evans is battling to prove his fitness for Scotland's meeting with France at Murrayfield on Sunday after being unable to take part in yesterday's training session with the national squad because of the ankle problem that forced his early departure against Wales in Cardiff last week.
20 February 2012
19 February 2012
