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Hogg one of 6 players added to Scotland to squad after Wales defeat

Stuart Hogg returns to Scotland squad. (Photo by Shaun Botterill/Getty Images)
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Head Coach Gregor Townsend has added six players to the Scotland squad for the 2018 Autumn Tests.

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It comes after injuries sustained by Scarlets back-row Blade Thomson (head) and Harlequins centre James Lang (rib) as they represented their club sides at the weekend, while David Denton (Leicester Tigers) and Matt Scott (Edinburgh) continue their ongoing recovery from head injuries with their respective clubs.

Scotland have also confirmed Edinburgh trio Ross Ford (hooker), Henry Pyrgos (scrum-half) and Dougie Fife (wing) have been released back to the club.

In a major boost Stuart Hogg is fit enough to rejoin the squad following ankle surgery. The two-time Six Nations Player of the Year picked up the knock in Glasgow’s 25-10 PRO14 win over Munster on September 7th.

Also joining up with the Scotland this week are a trio of Hogg’s Glasgow Warriors team-mates – Adam Ashe (back-row), Scott Cummings (lock) and Nick Grigg (centre).

Last weekend’s 21-10 defeat to Wales was outside the international window, which meant Premiership pair Josh Strauss (Sale Sharks back-row) and Duncan Weir (Worcester Warriors stand-off) were unavailable, but now return to the fold for the game with Fiji at Murrayfield on Saturday.

Scotland also play South Africa on November 17th, with Argentina visiting Edinburgh a week later.

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Phantom 1 hour ago
Nations Championship: 'The data shows the north has finally caught up with the south'

Fact: the gap between the North and the South has narrowed considerably - that I get. However, determining that only selecting only Home grown players or playing in the home country is is the optimal strategy is a bit of a toss up and highly reliant on the economies of the home union. I do understand that England and to a lesser degree Ireland selects home based only. The top 14 is a massive threat to their domestic product. France would probably not be affected (the money is at home). Fiji, Argentina, Samoa, Italy and you could even argue Scotland have only benefitted from this. Their players either go overseas to learn at higher levels (Fiji, Samoa, Argentina) or players coming into their leagues to strengthen the home product and their National teams (Scotland, Italy, Japan).

South Africa used to limit its selection to the home based players, but the reality of a weak currency vs what players could earn oversees meant that you lost access to your best players at some stage of their careers, with very few exceptions. Kolbe left SA as he was considered too small for International Rugby (yes coaches/selectors view), but ironically in France he forced selectors to notice his endeavors and select him. He is only reaching 50 caps now despite being north of 30 - granted rotation and the odd injury also played a role, but for the most part it is having debuted or becoming a regular so late.



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