2 hours ago Finn Russell volition not diagnostic successful Scotland's opening Nations Championship lucifer of the summertime bid but could diagnostic against South Africa, says caput manager Gregor Townsend, who welcomes backmost Jonny Gray.
Fly-half Russell, 33, has not afloat recovered from the calf wounded that kept him retired of the second portion of Bath's home run and was not considered for the lucifer astatine Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes successful Cordoba connected Saturday (20:10 BST). The Scots look the Springboks successful Pretoria connected 11 July past Fiji astatine Murrayfield connected 18 July.
Tom Jordan starts astatine 10 successful Russell's absence, with Fergus Burke among the replacements.
Gray returns against the Pumas, having missed this year's Six Nations, portion chap fastener Scott Cummings, 29, and prop Pierre Schoeman, 32, volition triumph their 50th caps.
"Great for [Jonny Gray] to beryllium backmost successful the squad," said Townsend. "Since his determination to Perpignan, he's played precise good truthful his form's been rewarded with this opportunity. It's bully evidently bully that him and Scott Cummings are playing together.
"Jonny was astatine Glasgow erstwhile Scott came done arsenic an 18-year-old. It volition beryllium large to spot them some backmost int helium 2nd enactment again."
Overall, the XV successful Cordoba shows 8 unit changes to the squad that finished the Six Nations with decision to Ireland successful Dublin successful mid-March.
Full-back Kyle Rowe, centre Rory Hutchinson, helping Jamie Dobie, fly-half Tom Jordan, hooker George Turner, prop Elliot Millar-Mills and Cummings are the players joining Gray successful coming successful to the side.
Kyle Steyn moves from near to close helping to accommodate Dobie. Prop Zander Fagerson and helping Darcy Graham, who started successful Dublin, driblet to the bench.
Gregor Hiddleston could marque his Scotland debut disconnected the bench.
"We'll person to gel quickly," Townsend said.
"It's our archetypal crippled since we played successful Dublin. We've got a batch of grounds successful the Six Nations and November that erstwhile we get our crippled successful spot successful onslaught and defence, we tin origin problems to immoderate squad successful satellite rugby and bash much than that, person opportunities.
"I judge that our squad present is overmuch deeper and we usage that seat to proceed what the starters are doing oregon really rise the energy."
Scotland: Rowe, Steyn, Hutchinson, Tuipulotu (capt), Dobie, Jordan, White; Schoeman, Ashman, Millar-Mills, Gray, Cummings, M Fagerson, Darge, Dempsey.
Replacements: Hiddleston, Sutherland, Z Fagerson, Samuel, Brown, Horne, Burke, Graham.
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