Teenager Hogg starts for Scotland against France

Hogg, who made his debut in Cardiff, will make his first Test start, while there were recalls for flanker John Barclay, scrum-half Mike Blair and centre Graeme Morrison. In addition, there were two further positional switches - Sean Lamont moving to outside centre and Rory Lamont to the wing.

Hogg excelled after coming off the replacements' bench during the first half for Max Evans - still missing due to an ankle problem - and won his second cap on merit after impressing Robinson.

The head coach said: "His composure has been great, the way that he's been able to handle the whole Test arena and his ambition to play as well."

Hogg is from Hawick in the Scottish Borders and made his Glasgow debut in February 2011. It has been a meteoric rise since.

After establishing himself in the Warriors team while the senior squad members were at the Rugby World Cup, Hogg retained his place for the Heineken Cup games and was rewarded for his showing with a Scotland A call-up.

Hogg scored a scintillating try from his own half in the 35-0 win over England Saxons, earning him a place on the bench in Cardiff - and his performance at the Millennium Stadium has led to another promotion.

Robinson hopes Hogg can play in the same manner against World Cup finalists France, a team Scotland have beaten once in Six Nations competition, and praised the teenager's attitude.

"He's got freedom to play," Robinson added.

"He's an individual. His character is great. The more the pressure, the more he wants to put himself up there."

Key to Sunday's match - as Scotland look to claim a first win over France since 2006 and a first victory of the 2012 tournament - is maintaining their expansive approach and involving the likes of Hogg in the game, according to Robinson.

Robinson has been happy with the way his side have approached the losses to England and Wales, where individuals were culpable of errors at crucial times which led to chastening defeats.

Robinson added: "The way we've tried to play is with the ball in hand and it's because I believe that's the best way we can achieve victories.

"Where we've struggled is we're being punished for errors that we've made. We've lost the games because of those errors.

"Those are individual errors, they're not structural issues."

Scotland's pack have performed well, with hooker Ross Ford leading from the front as captain, second row Richie Gray back to his best in tight and loose and back-row duo Ross Rennie and David Denton two of the revelations of the championship.

The one change among the forwards was enforced, with blindside flanker Alasdair Strokosch (fractured hand) replaced by John Barclay, normally a foraging openside.

Barclay's performance will be integral for Scotland to retrieve quick ball and keep the tempo of the game high.

Blair will be tasked with feeding Edinburgh team-mate Greig Laidlaw, who has retained his place at fly-half, with Morrison and Sean Lamont a physical midfield combination.

It is a partnership which has almost been thrust upon Robinson, with Nick De Luca failing to deliver and Joe Ansbro out with a back problem.

It may be a temporary solution - Ansbro is set to return with London Irish this weekend and could come into consideration for the Ireland match on March 10 - but Robinson is looking forward to seeing the midfield tussle between the Scots duo and Clermont Auvergne pair Wesley Fofana and Aurelien Rougerie.

He said: "We've got two guys that can stay on their feet, potentially offload, but also keep ball. Secondly, we can get up and knock over Fofana and Rougerie, who have been two instrumental players for the French side."

Robinson is also hoping his pack can demonstrate further improvement in the set-piece against Les Bleus.

He added: "If we dominate the French pack that would be a great achievement for our pack.

"It's one of the things we've been building up to - we've got to work to dominate the scrum and the line-out this week because we will be severely challenged."