Australian-born centre Sione Tuipulotu will captain Scotland of their November internationals, together with a conflict with the Wallabies in Edinburgh on November 24.
Gregor Townsend, the Scotland coach has named an expansive 45-player group for the 4 match collection, which additionally takes in matches towards Fiji, South Africa and Portugal, with all being hosted at Murrayfield.
Tuipulotu, 27, born in Melbourne however who certified via his Scottish grandmother, takes over the position from Rory Darge and Jamie Ritchie, who have been additionally each included within the squad, which has 5 uncapped gamers.
“Sione has been one in every of our key leaders over the past couple of years and thrives in that management position,” Townsend mentioned.
“We’ve seen that in his outings as Glasgow captain and when he had the chance to steer the crew towards Chile a couple of months in the past.
“He typically units the emotional tone and mindset required for the crew and he additionally contributes considerably to each our assault and defence.”
Sione Tuipulotu. (Picture by Julian Finney/Getty Photos)
Finn Russell and Darge have been named as vice-captains, with mercurial five-eighth Russell amongst a clutch of gamers returning after being rested for the July tour of the Americas.
Russell won’t be able to play in Scotland’s first fixture towards Fiji on Nov. 2, which takes place earlier than the Take a look at window opens, which implies Townsend can solely choose gamers primarily based in Scotland.
The 5 uncapped gamers embrace Sione’s brother, Mosese Tuipulotu, with the Glasgow Warriors fly-half Tom Jordan and lock Alex Samuel becoming a member of the Edinburgh back-row duo of Freddy Douglas and Ben Muncaster.
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SCOTLAND SQUAD: Ewan Ashman, Josh Bayliss, Jamie Bhatti, Gregor Brown, Scott Cummings, Luke Crosbie, Alex Craig, Rory Darge, Jack Dempsey, Freddy Douglas, Matt Fagerson, Zander Fagerson, Grant Gilchrist, Patrick Harrison, Will Hurd, Ewan Johnson, Nathan McBeth, Elliot Millar Mills, Ben Muncaster, D’Arcy Rae, Dylan Richardson, Jamie Ritchie, Alex Samuel, Pierre Schoeman, Rory Sutherland, Max Williamson, Matt Currie, Jamie Dobie, Darcy Graham, Adam Hastings, George Horne, Rory Hutchinson, Huw Jones, Tom Jordan, Blair Kinghorn, Stafford McDowall, Harry Paterson, Ali Worth, Arron Reed, Kyle Rowe, Finn Russell, Mosese Tuipulotu, Sione Tuipulotu, Duhan van der Merwe, Ben White .
