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Jones and Strauss amongst big names set to miss out on Scotland World Cup squad


Scotland centre Huw Jones.
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Huw Jones looks set to be the big casualty in Scotland’s World Cup squad.

The centre has scored ten tries in 22 internationals, but RugbyPass understands that the Glasgow Warriors player will pay the price after suffering a dip in form.

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According to a source close to the Scottish camp, Magnus Bradbury, Matt Fagerson, Josh Strauss and Rory Hutchinson are all also set to be excluded from Gregor Townsend’s 31-man squad, which will be submitted to World Rugby today.

Townsend will publicly announce his squad on Tuesday.

Jones has failed to recapture the form that saw him become a key player for Glasgow and Scotland in 2018, including a standout performance in Scotland’s 25-13 Six Nations defeat of England, their first since 2008. 

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Strauss’ expected omission looks to be the result of a lack of consistency in his performances, despite featuring seven times for Townsend this year.

Hutchinson will also be hugely disappointed to miss the cut having made a big impact since his debut against France, including two tries against Georgia last Saturday.

Bradbury played a key role in the thrilling 38-38 draw with England during the Six Nations, but has missed all three of Scotland’s warm-up matches with injury.

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Fagerson has also failed to sufficiently impress Townsend, despite performing well in the  44-10 win over Georgia.

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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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