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Tennessee flier Tommy Seymour returns for Scotland to start against Italy. He is one of five changes made by Head Coach Gregor Townsend for Saturday’s final round Six Nations match in Rome.
Seymour missed out on facing Ireland last weekend with a back injury. He picked up the injury in round three against England. His return means Blair Kinghorn drops to the bench.
Additional changes in the backs see Nick Grigg starting, doing so in the mid-field together with Huw Jones while Pete Horne will feature from the bench.
In the forwards Fraser Brown starts at hooker, WP Nel at Tight Head and Tim Swinson in the second-row. The trio replace Stuart McInally, Simon Berghan and Grant Gilchrist respectively.
SCOTLAND
15 Stuart Hogg, 14 Tommy Seymour, 13 Huw Jones, 12 Nick Grigg, 11 Sean Maitland, 10 Finn Russell, 9 Greig Laidlaw, 8 Ryan Wilson, 7 Hamish Watson, 6 John Barclay (capt.), 5 Jonny Gray, 4 Tim Swinson, 3 WP Nel, 2 Fraser Brow, 1 Gordon Reid
Replacements: 16 Stuart McInally, 17 Jamie Bhatti, 18 Zander Fagerson, 19 Richie Gray, 20 David Denton, 21 Ali Price, 22 Pete Horne, 23 Blair Kinghorn
