Injuries force Scotland into squad reshuffle with three new arrivals

Gregor Townsend has called Ross McCann, Ali Price and Cameron Redpath into his Scotland squad that are in Spain currently preparing to take England on at Twickenham’s Allianz Stadium this Saturday in round three of the Guinness Six Nations.

Scrum-half Ali Price has replaced George Horne in the squad, who suffered a facial injury in Glasgow Warriors’ victory over Dragons on Sunday, and is yet to join the squad in Spain.

Edinburgh centre Matt Currie was another casualty over the weekend, suffering a concussion in the loss to Zebre on Friday. Redpath will provide cover in the midfield this week in Scotland’s preparation for the Calcutta Cup.

The final change to the squad is not a like-for-like replacement as winger Ross McCann has come in to replace Soyaux Angoulême No.8 Alexander Masibaka.

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Both Finn Russell and Darcy Graham have remained with the squad after both suffering head injuries in an accidental collision in their last match. Scotland confirmed that the pair have been progressing through their concussion protocols.

Scotland will be looking to bounce back from a comprehensive loss to Ireland in Edinburgh in round two. England, meanwhile, will arrive at their HQ buoyed by a dramatic victory over France.

Scotland squad
Forwards (23)
Ewan Ashman – Edinburgh Rugby (24)
Jamie Bhatti – Glasgow Warriors (35)
Gregor Brown – Glasgow Warriors (6)
Dave Cherry – Edinburgh Rugby (13)
Luke Crosbie – Edinburgh Rugby (12)
Rory Darge – Co-Captain – Glasgow Warriors (27)
Jack Dempsey – Glasgow Warriors (24)
Matt Fagerson – Glasgow Warriors (52)
Zander Fagerson – Glasgow Warriors (72)
Euan Ferrie – Glasgow Warriors (uncapped)
Grant Gilchrist – Edinburgh Rugby (77)
Jonny Gray – Bordeaux Bègles (79)
Patrick Harrison – Edinburgh Rugby (3)
Cameron Henderson – Leicester (1)
Will Hurd – Leicester Tigers (6)
Ewan Johnson – Oyonnax (4)
Jack Mann – Glasgow Warriors (uncapped)
D’Arcy Rae – Edinburgh Rugby (2)
Jamie Ritchie – Edinburgh Rugby (56)
Pierre Schoeman – Edinburgh Rugby (39)
Sam Skinner – Edinburgh Rugby (36)
Rory Sutherland – Glasgow Warriors (39)
Marshall Sykes – Edinburgh Rugby (1)

Backs (18)
Fergus Burke – Saracens (uncapped)
Jamie Dobie – Glasgow Warriors (10)
Darcy Graham – Edinburgh Rugby (44)
George Horne – Glasgow Warriors (35)
Rory Hutchinson – Northampton Saints (8)
Huw Jones – Glasgow Warriors (55)
Tom Jordan – Glasgow Warriors (5)
Blair Kinghorn – Toulouse (57)
Ross McCann – Edinburgh Rugby (1)
Stafford McDowall – Glasgow Warriors (10)
Ali Price – Edinburgh Rugby (71)
Cameron Redpath – Bath Rugby (14)
Arron Reed – Sale Sharks (3)
Finn Russell – Co-Captain – Bath Rugby (84)
Kyle Rowe – Glasgow Warriors (10)
Ollie Smith – Glasgow Warriors (9)
Duhan van der Merwe – Edinburgh Rugby (46)
Ben White – Toulon (26)