Scotland have named two new caps in their team to play Romania on Sunday. They are Scott Lawson, the 23-year-old Glasgow Rugby hooker, and Kelly Brown, the 22-year-old back-row forward from The Borders.

Both Lawson and Brown played in Scotland’s 38-7 triumph against the Barbarians at Pittodrie last week but caps were not awarded for that fixture.

The only change to the starting line-up from that game is the enforced switch at stand-off where Dan Parks replaces Gordon Ross who is sidelined through a hand injury.

Mike Blair is listed at scrum-half but Sam Pinder remains with the squad as a precaution in case Blair does not recover in time from a knee knock.

There are three further uncapped players on the bench - former Glasgow Hawk Euan Murray, his Glasgow team-mate Andrew Wilson, and Edinburgh's stand-off Phil Godman.



Scotland team (sponsor The Famous Grouse) to play Romania at the Dinamo Stadium, Bucharest on Sunday 5 June (kick-off 7pm Romanian time, 5pm BST)

15 Chris Paterson (Edinburgh Rugby)

14 Rory Lamont (Glasgow Rugby)
13 Marcus Di Rollo (Edinburgh Rugby)
12 Andrew Henderson (Glasgow Rugby)
11 Sean Lamont (Glasgow Rugby)

10 Dan Parks (Glasgow Rugby)
9 Mike Blair (Edinburgh Rugby)*

1 Allan Jacobsen (Edinburgh Rugby)
2 Scott Lawson (Glasgow Rugby)*
3 Bruce Douglas (The Borders)
4 Stuart Grimes (Newcastle Falcons)
5 Scott Murray (Edinburgh Rugby)
6 Kelly Brown (The Borders)*
8 Jon Petrie (Glasgow Rugby) CAPTAIN
7 Allister Hogg (Edinburgh Rugby)*

Substitutes

16 Dougie Hall (Edinburgh Rugby)
17 Euan Murray (Glasgow Rugby)*
18 Craig Hamilton (Newcastle Falcons)
19 Andrew Wilson (Glasgow Rugby)*
20 Graeme Beveridge (Glasgow Rugby)
21 Phil Godman (Edinburgh Rugby)*
22 Hugo Southwell (Edinburgh Rugby)

Standby – Sam Pinder (Glasgow Rugby)

*= Member of Scottish Institute of Sport

This article was posted on 1-Jun-2005, 14:40 by Hugh Barrow.