Injuries pile up for Scotland with another player out of Six Nations
Scotland hooker Dylan Richardson has been ruled out of the Guinness Six Nations with a shoulder injury.
The 26-year-old’s absence was confirmed by Scotland a day after it was announced that both captain Sione Tuipulotu and lock Scott Cummings would be unavailable for the entirety of the Championship as well through injury.
Gregor Townsend has not opted for a like-for-like replacement for the Sharks front-row, but has rather chosen to call up Sale Sharks winger Arron Reed.
Reed earned the first of his three Scotland caps against Canada last July.
Updated Scotland squad
Forwards (22)
Ewan Ashman – Edinburgh Rugby (22)
Josh Bayliss – Bath Rugby (10)
Jamie Bhatti – Glasgow Warriors (35)
Gregor Brown – Glasgow Warriors (4)
Dave Cherry – Edinburgh Rugby (11)
Luke Crosbie – Edinburgh Rugby (12)
Rory Darge – co-Captain – Glasgow Warriors (25)
Jack Dempsey – Glasgow Warriors (22)
Matt Fagerson – Glasgow Warriors (50)
Zander Fagerson – Glasgow Warriors (70)
Grant Gilchrist – Edinburgh Rugby (75)
Jonny Gray – Bordeaux Bègles (77)
Patrick Harrison – Edinburgh Rugby (3)
Will Hurd – Leicester Tigers (4)
Jack Mann – Glasgow Warriors (uncapped)
D’Arcy Rae – Edinburgh Rugby (2)
Jamie Ritchie – Edinburgh Rugby (54)
Pierre Schoeman – Edinburgh Rugby (37)
Rory Sutherland – Glasgow Warriors (37)
Marshall Sykes – Edinburgh Rugby (1)
Backs
Fergus Burke – Saracens (uncapped)
Matt Currie – Edinburgh Rugby (4)
Jamie Dobie – Glasgow Warriors (9)
Darcy Graham – Edinburgh Rugby (42)
George Horne – Glasgow Warriors (34)
Rory Hutchinson – Northampton Saints (8)
Huw Jones – Glasgow Warriors (53)
Tom Jordan – Glasgow Warriors (3)
Blair Kinghorn – Toulouse (55)
Stafford McDowall – Glasgow Warriors (8)
Arron Reed – Sale Sharks (3)
Kyle Rowe – Glasgow Warriors (9)
Finn Russell – co-Captain – Bath Rugby (82)
Duhan van der Merwe – Edinburgh Rugby (44)
Ben White – Toulon (24)
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Could they line up like this
1. Schoeman
2. Ashman
3. Fagerson
4. Gray
5. Gilchrist
6. Fagerson
7. Darge
8. Dempsey
9. White
10. Russell
11. Van der Merwe
12. Hutchinson
13. Jones
14. Graham
15. Kinghorn
Subs:
16. Dave Cherry
17. Rory Sutherland
18. Will Hurd
19. Sam Skinner (Call Up)
20. Josh Bayliss
21. George Horne
22. Tom Jordan
23. Jamie Ritchie