Warriors’ pair Duhan van der Merwe and Rory Sutherland will start for Scotland in Saturday’s Calcutta Cup match against England in the opening round of the Guinness Six Nations at BT Murrayfield (kick-off 4.45pm).
Wing van der Merwe will win his 15th international cap, and 12th for Scotland, having played three times for the British and Irish Lions in South Africa last summer.
Loosehead prop Sutherland, who played twice for the Lions in South Africa, will make his 17th appearance for Scotland but his first since the final match of last season’s Six Nations against France in Paris.
Sutherland missed Scotland’s Autumn Nations Series because of a side muscle injury which he sustained playing for Warriors.
Sutherland will become the eighth player to be capped by Scotland while with Warriors following van der Merwe, Duncan Weir, Cornell du Preez, David Denton, Euan Murray, Alex Grove and Ben Hinshelwood.
“We feel privileged to be involved in the oldest international rugby fixture on Saturday, against our nearest rivals,” said Scotland Head Coach Gregor Townsend.
“We are aware of how much winning at Twickenham boosted the spirits of our supporters at the start of last year’s tournament, and we’re looking forward to playing in front of them in person this year.
“We are under no illusions on the tough challenge we have ahead of us against an England side who defeated the World Champions in their last outing.
“The starting 15 we have named has a consistent feel to it which is great for cohesion but we will also benefit from returning players such as Jonny Gray and Rory Sutherland who have been important players for us in recent seasons.
“Ben White has been in very good form for London Irish and has trained well in the last two weeks, so can approach his first involvement at Test level with real confidence.”