No changes for U21s

James Eddie plays for Scotland U21s against Wales
Scotland U21 coach Iain Paxton has opted for the same starting line-up and replacements to face Wales on Friday in Newport (ko 7.10pm).
Three Warriors' apprentices are in the starting XV - John Barclay at No8, James Eddie at lock and Iain Kennedy at full-back.

Paxton said: "We could probably narrow down two or three areas early in our game last week that basically killed us. To all intents and purposes the chance of a win was beyond us by half time having had two players sent to the sin bin within two minutes of each other.

"This week the same starting XV get an opportunity to perform. We need to be more accurate and increase our competitiveness on the field. We know it'll be a very difficult task to go down there and win but we felt it was right to give these players the chance. I know the players will all have been inspired by Scotland's win yesterday – it would be impossible not to be," he added.

Scotland U21s lost 37-0 to France at the Falkirk Stadium last Friday in their opening match of the shadow Six Nations.

Scotland

15 Iain Kennedy (Glasgow Warriors, Glasgow Hawks and West of Scotland Institute of Sport)

14 Ben Addison (Stirling County and Central Institute of Sport)
13 Ben Cairns (Edinburgh Gunners, Currie and Scottish Institute of Sport)
12 Garry Law (Border Reivers)
11 Lee Kibble (Border Reivers, Biggar and East of Scotland Institute of Sport)

10 Dave Blair (Sale Sharks) CAPTAIN
9 Greig Laidlaw (Jed-Forest)

1 Ryan Grant (The Army)
2 Sean Crombie (Aberdeen GSFP and Grampian Institute of Sport)
3 David Young (Leicester Tigers)
4 James Eddie (Glasgow Warriors, Ayr and West of Scotland Institute of Sport)
5 Ian Nimmo (Leicester Tigers)
6 Scott Newlands (Heriot's and East of Scotland Institute of Sport)
8 John Barclay (Glasgow Warriors and Scottish Institute of Sport)
7 Alan MacDonald (Edinburgh Gunners and Scottish Institute of Sport)

Substitutes

16 Innes Brown (Stirling County and Tayside and Fife Institute of Sport)
17 Kyle Traynor (Edinburgh Gunners, Boroughmuir and East of Scotland Institute of Sport)
18 Michael Robertson (Hawick)
19 James Taggart (Currie)
20 Stephen Biggart (Glasgow Hawks)
21 James King (Border Reivers, Melrose and East of Scotland Institute of Sport)
22 Dave Whiteford (Melrose)

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This article was posted on 6-Feb-2006, 16:05 by Hugh Barrow.