Saffa quartet included in strong Scotland squad for Bok showdown
SQUAD ANNOUNCEMENT: Scotland head coach Gregor Townsend has revealed his hand for the upcoming Nations Championship fixtures against Argentina, South Africa and Fiji.
There are two uncapped players selected in the shape of Glasgow Warriors hookers Gregor Hiddleston and Seb Stephen.
Scotland’s all-time highest scoring men’s forward, Ewan Ashman, joins Hiddleston and Stephen as the hooker selections.
South African-born duo Nathan McBeth and Pierre Schoeman will join Zander Fagerson, Rory Sutherland, D’arcy Rae. Will Hurd and Elliot Millar Mills in the prop group
Scott Cummings and Schoeman are both one appearance away from their 50th caps, while Sutherland sits on 48 and could also achieve that milestone on tour.
There are four Warriors second rows in the squad in the form of Gregor Brown, Cummings, Alex Samuel and Max Williamson, and they are joined by Perpignan’s Jonny Gray.
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Edinburgh youngsters Freddy Douglas and Liam McConnell, alongside their club captain Magnus Bradbury, are picked, with departing Warrior Jack Dempsey and clubmates Matt Fagerson and Rory Darge, as well as Bath’s Josh Bayliss, all chosen as loose forwards.
Glasgow pair Jamie Dobie and George Horne, with Ben White, are the scrumhalves, and Finn Russell, Fergus Burke and Tom Jordan are the flyhalves.
Sione Tuipulotu captains the squad once more and is selected among the centres, alongside fellow Warrior Stafford McDowall and Rory Hutchinson.
Fresh from a week with GB7s, Darcy Graham is selected alongside SA-born duo Duhan van der Merwe and Kyle Steyn, as well as Ollie Smith and Kyle Rowe for the back-three selections.
Scotland travel away to Argentina on Saturday, July 4 and South Africa on Saturday, July 11, before returning to Scottish Gas Murrayfield on Saturday, July 18, to play Fiji.
Duhan van der Merwe, D’arcy Rae and Liam McConnell will all be involved with the Barbarians before joining the Scotland squad. The Barbarians take on South Africa in Gqeberha on Saturday, June 20 and take on Wales in Cardiff on June 27.
Scotland squad for Nations Championship
Forwards (22):
Ewan Ashman – Edinburgh (35)
Josh Bayliss – Bath Rugby (16)
Magnus Bradbury – Edinburgh Rugby (22)
Gregor Brown – Glasgow Warriors (16)
Scott Cummings – Glasgow Warriors (49)
Rory Darge – Glasgow Warriors (39)
Jack Dempsey – Glasgow Warriors (33)
Freddy Douglas – Edinburgh Rugby (2)
Matt Fagerson – Glasgow Warriors (64)
Zander Fagerson – Glasgow Warriors (81)
Jonny Gray – Perpignan (81)
Gregor Hiddleston – Glasgow Warriors (uncapped)
Will Hurd – Leicester Tigers (10)
Nathan McBeth – Glasgow Warriors (8)
Liam McConnell – Edinburgh Rugby (1)
Elliot Millar Mills – Northampton Saints (14)
D’arcy Rae – Edinburgh Rugby (7)
Alex Samuel – Glasgow Warriors (3)
Pierre Schoeman – Edinburgh Rugby (49)
Seb Stephen – Glasgow Warriors (uncapped)
Rory Sutherland – Glasgow Warriors (48)
Max Williamson – Glasgow Warriors (13)
Backs (14)
Fergus Burke – Saracens (3)
Jamie Dobie – Glasgow Warriors (19)
Darcy Graham – Edinburgh Rugby (55)
George Horne – Glasgow Warriors (45)
Rory Hutchinson – Northampton Saints (11)
Tom Jordan – Bristol Bears (17)
Stafford McDowall – Glasgow Warriors (16)
Kyle Rowe – Glasgow Warriors (17)
Finn Russell – Bath Rugby (94)
Ollie Smith – Glasgow Warriors (12)
Kyle Steyn – Glasgow Warriors (33)
Sione Tuipulotu – Captain – Glasgow Warriors (38)
Duhan van der Merwe – Edinburgh Rugby (53)
Ben White – Toulon (36)
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