Scotland have made two changes in their pack for their semi-final clash with Wales in the section competing for fifth-eighth place in the IRB under-21 World Championship in Argentina tomorrow (Tuesday 21 June).

Stuart Corsar, the Aberdeen GSFP prop, returns after a hamstring injury, while squad captain Neil Cochrane is restored to openside flanker in place of Alan MacDonald who has a shoulder knock.

It will be the third time that Scotland have faced Wales in the last three months. They lost in the shadow Six Nations Championship 7-31 and again in the pool stages in Mendoza last week, 8-24.

“We are quite positive about facing Wales again. It will give us an indication of what sort of progress we’re making,” said the Scots’ head coach Iain Paxton. “In our last game against Wales we didn’t function as well as we did against Australia in our opening game but we are optimistic going into this game.”

Scotland bounced back from their loss to Wales with a 52-20 success against Canada thus securing them involvement in the middle tier competition, ranking ahead of England and Ireland, the latter involved in the 9th-12th place competition.

“Last time against Wales we had ample opportunities to get points on the board in the first-half but we did not take them,” Paxton reflected.

Paxton knows that the Scots have improved their rankings from last year’s competition where they finished tenth. If they can beat Wales at Mendoza RFC tomorrow then they will face the winner of Argentina’s match against England to determine fifth place.

Scotland under-21 v Wales under-21 in the IRB under-21 World Championship at Mendoza RFC tomorrow (kick-off 7.30pm BST):

15 Alan Nash (Watsonians & East of Scotland Institute of Sport)

14 Ben Addison (Stirling County & Central Scotland Institute of Sport)
13 Ben Cairns (Currie & East of Scotland Institute of Sport)
12 Garry Law (Hawick & East of Scotland Institute of Sport)
11 Nic De Luca (Heriot's & East of Scotland Institute of Sport)

10 Michael Adamson (Glasgow Hawks)
9 Alasdhair McFarlane (GHA)

1 Stuart Corsar (Aberdeen GSFP & Grampian Institute of Sport)
2 Ross Ford (The Borders & Scottish Institute of Sport)
3 Moray Low (Aberdeen GSFP)
4 Sean Tomes (Newcastle Falcons)
5 Ian Nimmo (Heriot's & Tayside and Fife Institute of Sport)
6 Colin White (Stirling County & Central Scotland Institute of Sport)
8 John Beattie (Glasgow Rugby, GHA & West of Scotland Institute of Sport)
7 Neil Cochrane (Watsonians & East of Scotland Institute of Sport) CAPTAIN

Substitutes: Stevie Lawrie (Watsonians & East of Scotland Institute of Sport), Stuart Fenwick (Ayr), James Eddie (Glasgow Rugby, GHA & West of Scotland Institute of Sport), Scott Forrest (Glasgow Hawks & West of Scotland Institute of Sport), Greig Laidlaw (Jed-Forest), Scott Wight (Melrose), Iain Kennedy (GHA & West of Scotland Institute of Sport

This article was posted on 20-Jun-2005, 12:25 by Hugh Barrow.