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Scotland call-up replacement after Sam Skinner is ruled out of World Cup


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Glasgow Warriors forward Tim Swinson has been invited to train with Scotland before they pick their World Cup 2019 squad next week after Sam Skinner was ruled out through injury.

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Swinson, who earned the most recent of his 38 Scotland caps in the 2018 win over Argentina in Resistencia, will provide training cover for Skinner, who sustained a hamstring injury in the national team’s 17-14 win over France at Murrayfield on Saturday.

Skinner had the muscle scanned at Spire Murrayfield Hospital on the evening of the match and the prognosis was disappointing as the time needed for him to recover meant that he would be unable a meaningful part in Scotland’s World Cup campaign which kicks off in Yokohama against Ireland on September 22. 

While Scotland only confirmed the worst on Tuesday, it was feared in the aftermath of Saturday’s win in Edinburgh that Skinner’s availability was on the line following a match in which Tommy Seymour and Blade Thomson also picked up injuries that rule them out of Scotland’s trip to Tbilisi next Saturday. 

Seymour and Thomson are both expected to recover in time to be named in the final 31-man squad for the World Cup on September 3, assuming there are no significant hold-ups as they progress through the head injury return to play protocol.

But Skinner was the bigger concern. He was clearly in pain as he hobbled off the field in the 61st minute at Murrayfield with a hamstring injury. 

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It left Townsend commenting at the time: “It is always disappointing when you see someone getting injured and it may mean that they miss the World Cup.

“Sam Skinner, out of the three, looks to be more of a serious injury. He’ll get scanned and we’ll know more about him later tonight (Saturday), so fingers crossed for all three players.”

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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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