Chris Paterson will become the first Scot to reach the landmark of 100 caps for his country after he was named today in the Scotland team to play Wales in the RBS 6 Nations Championship in Cardiff on Saturday.
The team shows three changes in personnel from that defeated by France at the weekend. Euan Murray, who missed Sunday's match because of his religious faith, returns at tight-head prop for Moray Low; Dan Parks is preferred to Phil Godman at stand-off; and Rory Lamont is back from injury and will line-up on the left wing.
This necessitates a positional switch with Sean Lamont moving to outside centre in place of Max Evans.
Scotland head coach Andy Robinson congratulated Paterson. He said: "He has been a fantastic ambassador for the team and it's a tremendous honour for him to win his 100th cap. It's well-deserved and I'm looking forward to seeing him perform at the weekend."
Robinson added: "I'm pleased to welcome Dan back. He comes in after playing consistently well for Glasgow."
Scotland team (sponsor Murray) to play Wales in the RBS 6 Nations Championship at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff on Saturday 13 February, kick-off 2pm
15 Chris Paterson (Edinburgh) 99 caps ,750 points through 22 tries, 153 penalties, 86 conversions, 3 drop goals
14 Thom Evans (Glasgow Warriors) 9 caps, 5 points through 1 try
13 Sean Lamont (Scarlets) 41 caps, 35 points through 7 tries
12 Graeme Morrison (Glasgow Warriors) 19 caps, 15 points through 3 tries
11 Rory Lamont (Toulon) 22 caps, 30 points through 6 tries
10 Dan Parks (Glasgow Warriors) 47 caps, 103 points through 4 tries, 13 penalties, 16 conversions, 4 drop goals.
9 Chris Cusiter (Glasgow Warriors) CAPTAIN 48 caps, 15 points through 3 tries
1 Alasdair Dickinson (Gloucester) 14 caps
2 Ross Ford (Edinburgh) 34 caps, 10 points through 2 tries
3 Euan Murray (Northampton Saints) 28 caps, 10 points through 2 tries
4 Nathan Hines (Leinster) 62 caps, 10 points through 2 tries
5 Alastair Kellock (Glasgow Warriors) 21 caps
6 Kelly Brown (Glasgow Warriors) 31 caps, 15 points through 3 tries
8 Johnnie Beattie (Glasgow Warriors) 8 caps, 10 points through 2 tries
7 John Barclay (Glasgow Warriors) 14 caps, 5 points through 1 try
Substitutes
16 Scott Lawson (Gloucester) 17 caps, 10 points through 2 tries
17 Allan Jacobsen (Edinburgh) 41 caps
18 Richie Gray (Glasgow Warriors) 1 cap
19 Alan MacDonald (Edinburgh) 1 cap
20 Mike Blair (Edinburgh) 59 caps, 25 points through 5 tries
21 Phil Godman (Edinburgh) 21 caps, 71 points through 1 try, 12 conversions, 14 penalties
22 Max Evans (Glasgow Warriors) 7 caps, 5 points through 1 try
Referee: George Clancy (Ireland).
Touch-judges: Alain Rolland (Ireland) and Peter Fitzgibbon (Ireland).
Television Match Official: Geoff Warren (England)

This article was posted on 9-Feb-2010, 14:06 by Hugh Barrow.