Scotland suffer triple injury blow with two recruits added to squad

Glasgow Warriors hooker Gregor Hiddleston and Sale Sharks scrum-half Gus Warr have both been added to the Scotland squad following injuries to Dave Cherry and Jamie Dobie.

Vannes hooker Cherry has picked up a calf injury in camp with Scotland, while Glasgow’s versatile back Dobie has a knee issue. The pair will remain in camp with Scotland as they prepare for their Guinness Six Nations campaign.

Edinburgh flanker Liam McConnell, however, has returned to his club following a rib injury.

The uncapped 23-year-old Hiddleston was one of the surprise omissions from Gregor Townsend’s original following a brilliant campaign for the United Rugby Championship leaders, also starring in Investec Champions Cup victories over Toulouse and Saracens. He was named in Nigel Carolan’s Scotland A squad that will face an Italy XV.

Warr will provide cover for Dobie at scrum-half, but fails to provide the versatility that the Warriors star brings, who has played some of his best rugby this season on the wing.

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Updated Scotland squad
Forwards
Ewan Ashman – Edinburgh Rugby (32)
Josh Bayliss – Bath Rugby (14)
Magnus Bradbury – Edinburgh Rugby (21)
Gregor Brown – Glasgow Warriors (12)
Dave Cherry – Vannes (16)
Scott Cummings – Glasgow Warriors (45)
Alex Craig – Glasgow Warriors (6)
Rory Darge – Glasgow Warriors (34)
Jack Dempsey – Glasgow Warriors (29)
Freddy Douglas – Edinburgh Rugby (1)
Matt Fagerson – Glasgow Warriors (59)
Zander Fagerson – Glasgow Warriors (76)
Grant Gilchrist – Edinburgh Rugby (84)
Jonny Gray – Union Bordeaux Bègles (81)
Gregor Hiddleston – Glasgow Warriors (0)
Nathan McBeth – Glasgow Warriors (5)
Elliot Millar Mills – Northampton Saints (11)
D’arcy Rae – Edinburgh Rugby (5)
Jamie Ritchie – Perpignan (61)
Pierre Schoeman – Edinburgh Rugby (44)
Rory Sutherland – Glasgow Warriors (46)
George Turner – Harlequins (50)
Max Williamson – Glasgow Warriors (9)

Backs
Fergus Burke – Saracens (3)
Jamie Dobie – Glasgow Warriors (17)
Darcy Graham – Edinburgh Rugby (50)
Adam Hastings – Glasgow Warriors (35)
George Horne – Glasgow Warriors (40)
Rory Hutchinson – Northampton Saints (11)
Huw Jones – Glasgow Warriors (58)
Tom Jordan – Bristol Bears (12)
Blair Kinghorn – Toulouse (62)
Stafford McDowall – Glasgow Warriors (16)
Finn Russell – Bath Rugby (89)
Kyle Rowe- Glasgow Warriors (16)
Ollie Smith – Glasgow Warriors (12)
Kyle Steyn – Glasgow Warriors (28)
Sione Tuipulotu – Glasgow Warriors (33)
Duhan van der Merwe – Edinburgh Rugby (52)
Gus Warr – Sale Sharks (2)
Ben White – Toulon (31)