Head coach Vern Cotter has announced a very strong Scotland squad for the two test tour to Japan this summer.
There were rumours that more established stars might be given a rest after a gruelling season, but the vast majority of Scotland’s biggest names are in the squad that will play Japan on 18th and 25th June.
Mark Bennett is the biggest name to miss out, as the centre allegedly focuses on making Great Britain’s Olympic 7s squad for Rio. Stuart Hogg’s selection all but rules him out of the GB squad.
Cotter said: “Being a two-match tour, rather than three, allows us to take a smaller squad; a tight group, though opportunities still remain for other players to come in.
“This squad still has a lot of work to do to get better and this is another opportunity to analyse our last game against Ireland and the RBS 6 Nations Championship as a whole, in order to move forward.
“We will be working on becoming smarter in the way that we look to win, with winning, of course, being our focus.”
SCOTLAND SQUAD TO TOUR JAPAN
PROPS
Alasdair Dickinson
William Nel
Rory Sutherland
Moray Low
HOOKERS
Ross Ford
Stuart McInally
Fraser Brown
LOCKS
Jonny Gray
Richie Gray
Tim Swinson
LOOSE FORWARDS
John Barclay
David Denton
John Hardie
Josh Strauss
Ryan Wilson
SCRUM-HALVES
Greig Laidlaw
Henry Pyrgos
FLY-HALVES
Finn Russell
Ruairdh Jackson
CENTRES
Alex Dunbar
Peter Horne
Duncan Taylor
OUTSIDE BACKS
Sean Maitland
Damien Hoyland
Tommy Seymour
Tim Visser
Stuart Hogg
Photo by: Patrick Khachfe / Onside Images
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