A NUMBER of Scottish players have been announced in the Barbarians squad today to play Heriot's, for the Investec Cup this month.
Gordon Ross will play at Heriot's for the first time in 13 years when he lines up for the Barbarians at Goldenacre on Tuesday 21 April.
The London Welsh stand-off is one of four Scotland internationalists called up by coach Sean Lineen to celebrate the Edinburgh club's 125th anniversary.
Another former Heriot's player, the Cardiff prop Bruce Douglas, will join him; lock Scott MacLeod returns from Newcastle Falcons and scrum-half Grayson Hart is borrowed from Edinburgh Rugby.
Lineen also brings in Glasgow Warriors scrum-half Ali Price, who has featured for the Scotstoun club on five occasions this season in the Guinness PRO12.
Ross, 37, is bringing down the curtain on his playing career, which brought him 25 Scotland caps between 2001 and 2006. He plans to move into full-time coaching next season.
"The next step for me is to establish myself at a high level in coaching after the last couple of years when I've been taking a player-coaching role at London Welsh," he said.
Ross began his rugby playing days as a school boy at George Heriot's and then with the Former Pupils' club.
"I went to school at Heriot's from the age of 11 and it's where I got into rugby," he said. "From then I played for the FPs for four years and a couple more when I was a professional with Edinburgh.
"The last time I would have played there was in 2002, I think, and while I'll probably recognise lots of old faces, I won't know so many of the young ones - but I enjoyed playing alongside Phil Smith who's now coaching them.
"There's a great tradition at Heriot's - you only have to look at the international boards to see how many have gone on to the highest level - and you're always sure of a warm welcome at Goldenacre."
In all, the Barbarians plan to field capped players from at least six different countries and Lineen's squad will be confirmed in the coming weeks.
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