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Scotland Head Coach Gregor Townsend has named a 33-man roster to Tour Canada, USA and Argentina. The Northern Europeans will play three test matches in the Americas next month, doing so in Edmonton, Houston and Resistencia.
The roster features a combination of youth and experience. Among the 33-men are 6 set to earn their first caps for Scotland. They are Edinburgh’s Lewis Carmichael, Glasgow’s Matt Fagerson, Adam Hastings, George Horne, and Jamie Ritchie and James Lang of the Harlequins.
From England, Lang qualifies for Scotland via his mother. He is also eligible for Wales due to his father and played in Northern Wales prior to England. At junior level he represented Scotland at u18s.
Not touring is John Barclay. In his place Stuart McInally will captain the Scots. In addition to Barclay Scotland are without Luke Crosbie, John Hardie, Huw Jones, WP Nel, and Hamish Watson to injury.
FORWARDS
Simon Berghan (Edinburgh), Jamie Bhatti (Glasgow Warriors), Allan Dell (Edinburgh), Zander Fagerson (Glasgow Warriors), Murray McCallum (Edinburgh), Fraser Brown (Glasgow Warriors), Stuart McInally (capt., Edinburgh), George Turner (Glasgow Warriors), Grant Gilchrist (Edinburgh), Richie Gray (Toulouse, FR), Tim Swinson (Glasgow Warriors), Ben Toolis (Edinburgh), Magnus Bradbury (Edinburgh), Lewis Carmichael (Edinburgh), David Denton (Worcester Warriors), Matt Fagerson (Glasgow Warriors), Luke Hamilton (Leicester Tigers), Jamie Ritchie (Edinburgh)
BACKS
Sam Hidalgo-Clyne (Edinburgh), George Horne (Glasgow Warriors), Ali Price (Glasgow Warriors), Adam Hastings (Glasgow Warriors), Peter Horne (Glasgow Warriors), James Lang (Harlequins), Alex Dunbar (Glasgow Warriors), Nick Grigg (Glasgow Warriors), Chris Harris (Newcastle Falcons), Duncan Taylor (Saracens), Blair Kinghorn (Edinburgh), Lee Jones (Glasgow Warriors), Byron McGuigan (Sale Sharks), Stuart Hogg (Glasgow Warriors), Ruaridh Jackson (Glasgow Warriors)
FIXTURES
Saturday June 09 Canada vs Scotland, Edmonton
Saturday June 16 USA vs Scotland, Houston
Saturday June 23 Argentina vs Scotland, Resistencia
