Scotland head coach Gregor Townsend has created 14 adjustments for Wednesdays critical Rugby World Cup battle with Russia at Shizuoka.
Edinburgh wing Darcy Graham is the only person to keep his place so as to keep his stars refreshing for Sundays Pool A showdown against hosts Japan because his pack shuffles.
Scotland should have all three points on offer against Russia before beating against Japan in the weekend, while ensuring the Brave Blossoms do not outscore them.
With that in mind, by asking lots of his players to flip out double in the space of 3 times Townsend has made a decision to take no chances.
Townsends selection means full-back Blair Kinghorn, center Pete Horne, lock Ben Toolis and hooker George Turner will get the chance to impress Russia, while scrum-half Henry Pyrgos – a late replacement call-up for the wounded Ali Price – may do the same if he puts off the seat.
First and foremost we have chosen a group we believe is capable of beating an increasingly impressive and combative Russia facet, that want to complete their pool campaign on a top, said Townsend.
A number of our players are getting their first start or Exam inside this championship and have been itching to play their role in this World Cup, by helping the staff deliver a winning operation on Wednesday.
Any successful World Cup campaign is developed on a squad effort and those players who didnt get the opportunity to begin against Samoa really helped offer that team using an excellent week of preparation.
Now its their chance to get trapped into our next major game as we get into the last week of our pool games.
Scotland: 15 Blair Kinghorn, 14 Tommy Seymour, 13 Duncan Taylor, 12 Pete Horne, 11 Darcy Graham, 10 Adam Hastings, 9 George Horne; 1 Gordon Reid, 2 George Turner, 3 Zander Fagerson, 4 Scott Cummings, 5 Ben Toolis, 6 John Barclay, seven Fraser Brown, 8 Ryan Wilson.
Replacements: 16 Stuart McInally, 17 Simon Berghan, 18 Willem Nel, 19 Grant Gilchrist, 20 Magnus Bradbury, 21 Jamie Ritchie, 22 Henry Pyrgos, 23 Chris Harris.
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