Scotland Name Roster for Pumas

Scotland Head Coach Vern Cotter has named a 31-man roster for the November Internationals. The Scots will have home advantage against Australia, Argentina and Georgia.

Selected for the first time is Edinburgh prop Allan Dell. The 24-year-old is a former Junior World Championship winner for his native South Africa. He moved to Scotland in 2014 and qualifies by virtue of having a grandparent from the nation.

He comes in for another South African, WP Nel. Both he and Rory Sutherland will play no part in the November Internationals for Scotland.

A surprise exclusion sees no place for Matt Scott. The midfielder has been playing very well in England for Gloucester, but misses out to Stormers standout Huw Jones.

The opening two test matches will be played at Murrayfield. In seeking to promote the game elsewhere Kilmarnock has been allocated the fixture against Georgia. That match will be the first ever match between the countries in Europe and only the second overall.

FORWARDS
Allan Dell (Edinburgh), Alasdair Dickinson (Edinburgh), Zander Fagerson (Glasgow Warriors), Moray Low (Exeter Chiefs), Gordon Reid (Glasgow Warriors), Ross Ford (Edinburgh), Fraser Brown (Glasgow Warriors), Stuart McInally (Edinburgh), Grant Gilchrist (Edinburgh), Jonny Gray (Glasgow Warriors), Richie Gray (Toulouse, FR), Tim Swinson (Glasgow Warriors), John Barclay (Scarlets), John Hardie (Edinburgh), Rob Harley (Glasgow Warriors), Josh Strauss (Glasgow Warriors), Hamish Watson (Edinburgh), Ryan Wilson (Glasgow Warriors)

BACKS
Greig Laidlaw (capt., Gloucester), Henry Pyrgos (Glasgow Warriors), Peter Horne (Glasgow Warriors), Finn Russell (Glasgow Warriors), Mark Bennett (Glasgow Warriors), Alex Dunbar (Glasgow Warriors), Huw Jones (Stormers, SA), Duncan Taylor (Saracens), Damien Hoyland (Edinburgh), Sean Maitland (Saracens), Tommy Seymour (Glasgow Warriors), Tim Visser (Harlequins), Stuart Hogg (Glasgow Warriors)

INJURED/UNAVAILABLE
Ryan Grant (Glasgow Warriors), Rory Sutherland (Edinburgh), Kevin Bryce (Edinburgh), WP Nel (Edinburgh), Adam Ashe (Glasgow Warriors), David Denton (Bath), Duncan Weir (Glasgow Warriors)

FIXTURES
Nov 12 – vs Australia – Murrayfield, Edinburgh
Nov 19 – vs Argentina – Murrayfield, Edinburgh
Nov 26 – vs Georgia – Rugby Park, Kilmarnock