David Denton has been named in the Scotland squad for Sunday’s NatWest 6 Nations game with France at BT Murrayfield (kick-off 3pm).
Denton has been handed a place amongst the replacements and will win his first cap since June 2016 if he comes on.
Scotland Head Coach Gregor Townsend has made six changes to his starting line-up after last Saturday’s defeat to Wales as scrum-half Greig Laidlaw, wing Sean Maitland, centre Pete Horne, lock Grant Gilchrist number eight Ryan Wilson and tighthead prop Simon Berghan all coming into the side.
Townsend said: “As a group we’re delighted to be playing at home in front of another sell-out crowd at BT Murrayfield and are looking forward to putting in a performance that can energise our supporters.
“To do that we need to out-work the opposition and be more accurate in a number of aspects of our play.
“We’ve seen a response from the players in training this week and that needs to continue into and through the 80-plus minutes of the match because France will pose a massive and immensely-physical challenge.”
Scotland
15 Stuart Hogg (Glasgow Warriors 56 caps)
14 Tommy Seymour (Glasgow Warriors 40 caps)
13 Huw Jones (Glasgow Warriors 12 caps)
12 Pete Horne (Glasgow Warriors 29 caps)
11 Sean Maitland (Saracens 30 caps)
10 Finn Russell (Glasgow Warriors 33 caps)
9 Greig Laidlaw (VC) (ASM Clermont Auvergne 59 caps)
1 Gordon Reid (London Irish 28 caps)
2 Stuart McInally (Edinburgh Rugby 13 caps)
3 Simon Berghan (Edinburgh Rugby 5 caps)
4 Grant Gilchrist (Edinburgh Rugby 19 caps)
5 Jonny Gray (Glasgow Warriors 39 caps)
6 John Barclay (C) (Scarlets 67 caps)
7 Hamish Watson (Edinburgh Rugby 16 caps)
8 Ryan Wilson (VC) (Glasgow Warriors 33 caps)
Replacements
16 Scott Lawson (Newcastle Falcons 47 caps)
17 Jamie Bhatti (Glasgow Warriors 4 caps)
18 Jon Welsh (Newcastle Falcons 12 caps)
19 Ben Toolis (Edinburgh Rugby 8 caps)
20 David Denton (Worcester Warriors 35 caps)
21 Ali Price (Glasgow Warriors 12 caps)
22 Chris Harris (Newcastle Falcons 2 caps)
23 Blair Kinghorn (Edinburgh Rugby uncapped)