Iain Kennedy starts for Scotland's U21 team for Sunday's match against Fiji which will decide ninth place in the IRB World Championship in France.
Scotland have made five changes, two of which are positional. Glasgow's Iain Kennedy switches to inside centre instead of Chris Dunlop, making way for Ben Addison on the left wing. Sean Crombie takes over from Kyle Traynor at hooker and Alan MacDonald swaps flanks to replace Scott Newlands as Ross Rennie returns at openside.

Glasgow's John Barclay and James Eddie also start.

The Scots come into the match on the back of an eight-try victory over Georgia last Wednesday. Earlier in the tournament, Fiji lost to England (8-34) and Australia (20-43) before beating Italy twice, once in the pool stages by 43-17 and then in last Wednesday’s play-offs, 33-12.

Scotland U21 team manager John Jeffrey said: "It's an important game for us as we want to win three of our five games. We had a good victory over Georgia but we're still disappointed not to be aiming for a higher position.

"The Fijians are everything you'd expect them to be – big, strong and athletic. They've been one of the surprises of the tournament running England close in their first game.

"But it's more about how we approach it and our game plan is to retain the ball and win our last match of the championship. It's also the last game for many of the boys at this age-group so there’s pride to play for too and we want to finish on a high."

Scotland U21 team to play Fiji in the IRB U21 World Championship
at the Stade Antonin Chastel in Thiers, France on Sunday 25 June (kick-off 2.30pm local time, 1.30pm BST)

15 Colin Goudie (Stewart's Melville FP)

14 Cameron Johnston (Newcastle Falcons) *
13 Ben Cairns (Edinburgh Gunners and Currie) *
12 Iain Kennedy (Glasgow Warriors and Glasgow Hawks)
11 Ben Addison (Stirling County) **

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

1 Ryan Grant (The Army)
2 Sean Crombie (Aberdeen GSFP) **
3 David Young (Leicester Tigers)
4 James Eddie (Glasgow Warriors and Ayr)
5 Ian Nimmo (Leicester Tigers)
6 Alan MacDonald (Edinburgh Gunners) *
8 John Barclay (Glasgow Warriors) *
7 Ross Rennie (Edinburgh Gunners and Stewart's Melville FP) **

Substitutes: to be confirmed

* indicates member of Scottish Institute of Sport
** indicates member of an area Institute of Sport

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This article was posted on 23-Jun-2006, 17:02 by Hugh Barrow.