FERGUSON MOVES TO CENTRE FOR SAMOAN SEND-OFF


Scotland Under 19 head coach Peter Wright has selected his side to play Samoa in the 9th/10th place play-off at the IRB U19 World Championship in Dubai.

In what will be the Scots’ last game of the tournament, Scotland U19 captain Cameron Ferguson moves to outside centre and Hawick’s Graham Hogg will slot in at stand-off.

Watsonians scrum-half Murray Bringhurst is handed a starting berth and will operate behind a pack which sees three new faces from the one that beat Romania 38-10 on Monday.

Pat McArthur comes in at hooker while Dave Lambert features in the second row. Watsonians No. 8 Graeme McGilchrist is also handed a starting place.

At the same ground where the Scots have won their last two games, against Japan and Romania, Wright is in buoyant mood about finishing ahead of last year’s efforts.

From their training base at the Etisalat Academy, Wright said: “We’ve moved Cameron into the centre to get him away from the defensive zone, he has been putting in a big number of hits over the past few games.

”He also has a bit of pace which we are looking to exploit out wide.

“We have started Murray Bringhurst at scrum-half purely because Jamie Hunter has started the past two games, they are both on a par with each other,” he added.

Scotland U19 team to play Samoa U19 at the Sharjah Wanderers rugby club in the IRB U19 World Championship (kick-off 6pm local time, 3pm BST)

15 Colin Goudie (Stewart’s Melville FP)

14 Richard Mill (Stirling County and Central Scotland Institute of Sport)
13 Cameron Ferguson (Dundee HSFP) CAPTAIN
12 Andrew Easson (Edinburgh Gunners, Stewart’s Melville FP and East of Scotland Institute of Sport)
11 Alex Grove (Rugby School)

10 Graham Hogg (Hawick and East of Scotland Institute of Sport)
9 Murray Bringhurst (Watsonians and East of Scotland Institute of Sport)

1 Alan Dymock (Dundee HSFP and Tayside & Fife Institute of Sport)
2 Pat MacArthur (West of Scotland)
3 Ross McCallum (Ardrossan Academicals and West of Scotland Institute of Sport)
4 Dave Lambert (Loughborough University)
5 Richie Vernon (Stewart’s Melville FP and Tayside & Fife Institute of Sport)
6 Daniel Levison (Dundee HSFP)
8 Graeme MacGilchrist (Watsonians)
7 Roddy Grant (Gala)

Substitutes from: Ross Curle (Hillhead/Jordanhill), Jamie Hunter (Hillhead/Jordanhill and West of Scotland Institute of Sport), Nick Hart (Watsonians), Gordon Reid (Ayr and West of Scotland Institute of Sport), Willie Lipp (Ellon), Stuart McGee (Stirling County), Callum Anderson (Peebles and East of Scotland Institute of Sport)

Unavailable due to injury:
Jack Cuthbert (Bath) - Knee
Frazer Wilford (Sheffield Hallam University and Rotherham Titans) - Knee
Steve Turnbull (Stirling County and Central Scotland Institute of Sport) – Knee
Ross MacDonald (Glasgow Hawks) - Groin

This article was posted on 19-Apr-2006, 18:57 by Hugh Barrow.