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RugbyU: South Africa v Scotland teams

South Africa and Scotland teams for a four-nation tournament Test at Mbombela Stadium Saturday: Teams (15-1) South Africa Willie le Roux; Bryan Habana, JJ Engelbrecht, Jean de Villiers (capt), Bjorn Basson; Morne Steyn, Ruan Pienaar; Pierre Spies, Arno Botha, Marcell Coetzee; Juandre Kruger, Eben Etzebeth; Jannie du Plessis, Adriaan Strauss, Tendai Mtawarira Replacements: Bismarck du Plessis, Trevor Nyakane, Coenie Oosthuizen, Flip van der Merwe, Siya Kolisi, Piet van Zyl, Patrick Lambie, Jan Serfontein Coach: Heyneke Meyer Scotland

RugbyU: Gilchrist handed Scotland debut against France

Grant Gilchrist is set to make his Scotland debut after being named on Wednesday in the team to face France in the final round of Six Nations matches on Saturday. The Edinburgh lock comes in for the injured Richie Gray in one of two changes to the team that lost 28-18 to Wales at Murrayfield last weekend. The other change sees Alasdair Strokosch replace Rob Harley at blindside flanker. Scotland are bidding to secure a second-place finish in this year's tournament and condemn winless France to last place.

Rugby-Scotland team to play England in Six Nations

LONDON, Jan 29 (Reuters) - Scotland's interim head coach Scott Johnson on Tuesday named the following team to play England at Twickenham in the Six Nations championship on Saturday. Team: 15-Stuart Hogg, 14-Sean Maitland, 13-Sean Lamont, 12-Matt Scott, 11-Tim Visser, 10-Ruaridh Jackson, 9-Greig Laidlaw, 8-Johnnie Beattie, 7-Kelly Brown, 6-Alasdair Strokosch, 5-Jim Hamilton, 4-Richie Gray, 3-Euan Murray, 2-Dougie Hall, 1-Ryan Grant

Rugby-Ten uncapped players named in Scotland training squad

Jan 14 (Reuters) - Scotland have named 10 uncapped players in a 35-man training squad ahead of the Six Nations Championship in February and March. Injured internationals Chris Cusiter, Nick De Luca, John Barclay, Ross Rennie, Scott Lawson and Jon Welsh were invited to join the squad as they recover from injuries while forward Alasdair Strokosch will miss the Jan. 20-23 camp with his wife expecting their second child.
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