10 uncapped players in match-day squad for tour opener

GREGOR TOWNSEND has named five international debutants in his Scotland squad to take Canada in Ottawa on Saturday evening, with the same number again on the bench.

Edinburgh outside-centre Matt Currie, Sale Sharks winger Arron Reed, Sale Sharks scrum-half Gus Warr, Glasgow second-row Max Williamson and Glasgow blindside flanker Gregor Brown will all be on the pitch for kick-off, while Northampton hooker Robbie Smith, Glasgow prop Nathan McBeth, Leicester Tigers prop Will Hurd, Oyannax second-row Ewan Johnson and Edinburgh winger Ross McCann are set to feature at some point over the course of the 80 minutes.

Inside-centre Stafford McDowall and openside flanker Luke Crosbie will co-captain the team, which features Jamie Dobie as starting winger but also covering scrum-half (his primary position), with no specialist No 9 names on the bench.

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Sharks’ hooker Dylan Richardson will start the match having previously made his Scotland debut in the back-row, against Japan at Murrayfield in 2021.

Harry Paterson will make his second Scotland appearance at full-back after being named as a late starter in the Guinness Six Nations this year against France, having missed the remainder of last season through injury,

Scotland (versus Canada at TD Place in Ottawa on Saturday @ 10pm BST): H Paterson; J Dobie, M Currie, S McDowall (C-©), A Reed; R Thomson, G Warr; R Sutherland, D Richardson, E Millar-Mills, M Williamson, G Young, G Brown, L Crosbie (C-©), J Bayliss. Replacements: R Smith, N McBeth, W Hurd, E Johnson, M Fagerson, B Healy, K Steyn, R McCann.

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