Scotland forced into late change for Argentina

Scotland have been hit by a match-day setback after scrum-half Ben White was ruled out of today’s clash with Argentina due to illness.

A short statement from the union confirmed the reshuffle: “Squad update: Ben White is out of today’s match with an illness. Jamie Dobie will start the game and George Horne comes onto the bench.”

It’s an unwelcome change for Gregor Townsend just hours before kick-off against a Pumas side he’s already branded one of the form teams in world rugby.

“They are a top team,” said Townsend earlier in the week. “They’ve beaten New Zealand this year and they’ve played 10 or 11 Test matches since the summer and showed their quality throughout that period.

“Even in the recent games, they pushed South Africa close at Twickenham (27-29), they had a record win last week against Wales, so they’re full of confidence, very cohesive, and they play a brand of rugby that’s enjoyable to watch, that will test our defence.”

Scotland host Argentina at Murrayfield at 15:10.

Just this weekend, White penned a new deal with Top 14 heavyweights Toulon, putting to bed rumours of a return to either the URC or the Gallagher PREM, despite plenty of interested clubs.

UPDATED SCOTLAND TEAM TO FACE ARGENTINA:
15 Blair Kinghorn
14 Darcy Graham
13 Rory Hutchinson
12 Sione Tuipulotu
11 Kyle Steyn
10 Finn Russell
9 Jamie Dobie
8 Jack Dempsey
7 Rory Darge
6 Gregor Brown
5 Grant Gilchrist
4 Scott Cummings
3 D’Arcy Rae
2 Ewan Ashman
1 Pierre Schoeman

Replacements
16 George Turner
17 Nathan McBeth
18 Elliot Millar-Mills
19 Josh Bayliss
20 Matt Fagerson
21 George Horne
22 Tom Jordan
23 Duhan van der Merwe