Bates rings changes in bid for final

FOLLOWING Scotland A's 13-7 victory over reigning Churchill Cup champions England A in Toronto on Saturday, head coach Steve Bates has made nine changes, one positional, to the team that will face Canada tomorrow at Twin Elm Park, Ottawa (kick-off 11:30pm BST), due to the short recovery period.

A win in this game would secure the Scots a place in the Barclays Churchill Cup final in Edmonton against the winner from the pool which comprises the USA, Ireland A and the New Zealand Maori.
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In the pack, Edinburgh Gunners duo Alasdair Dickinson and Andrew Kelly come in whilst Craig Hamilton moves to the No 5 shirt to make way for Andy Hall, who comes in at 4. The pack sports an entirely fresh back-row as Reivers pair Andy Miller and Scott Gray are handed starting berths alongside Leeds Tykes' No 8 Jon Dunbar.

Left wing Rory Lamont makes way for Nikki Walker, while Nick De Luca is also introduced alongside Graeme Morrison.

Scotland A team: C MacRae (Border Reivers); S Danielli (Border Reivers), G Morrison (Glasgow Warriors), N De Luca (Edinburgh Gunners), N Walker (Border Reivers); P Godman (Edinburgh Gunners), R Lawson (Edinburgh Gunners, capt); A Dickinson (Edinburgh Gunners), A Kelly (Edinburgh Gunners), C Noon (Biarritz), A Hall (Newport-Gwent Dragons), C Hamilton (Glasgow Warriors), S Gray (Border Reivers), J Dunbar (Leeds Tykes), A Miller (Border Reivers).

This article was posted on 6-Jun-2006, 06:51 by Hugh Barrow.