Here is the latest Scotland Six Nations squad update ahead of the opening weekend, where Gregor Townsend’s side host Italy at Murrayfield.
Scotland’s clash with the Azzurri kicks off at 2:15pm in Edinburgh on Saturday. It follows Friday night’s floodlit curtain-raiser in Paris, with France taking on Wales at the Stade de France.
England travel to Dublin to take on Ireland in the final fixture of the weekend.
Ahead of Scotland’s opener, head coach Townsend has called in five new faces, who link up with the squad this week.
Euan Ferrie, Cameron Henderson, Ewan Johnson, Alexander Masibaka and Ollie Smith have all come into camp.
Masibaka’s inclusion has raised eyebrows, with the back-rower playing in the French second-tier Pro D2 this season.
Australian-born but Scottish-qualified through his mother, he comes in for Bath’s Josh Bayliss, who injured his groin at the weekend against Sale Sharks.
Having previously trained with the national team, Glasgow forward Euan Ferrie will be hoping to earn his first cap.
Cameron Henderson did so in 2023, but spent much of 2024 injured with a knee issue. He has since returned to the Leicester Tigers squad and earned an international recall.
Another man plying his trade in France, Oyonnax lock Ewan Johnson comes back into the squad after making his senior debut against Portugal in the Autumn.
Ollie Smith made his comeback from a long injury layoff for Glasgow at the weekend, and links straight back up with the squad.
In a major blow, newly-appointed skipper Sione Tuipulotu has been ruled out of the entire Six Nations after tearing a pectoral muscle in training.
As a result, Bath fly-half Finn Russell and Glasgow flanker Rory Darge have been named co-captains.
Along with Ferrie and Masibaka, Glasgow’s Jack Mann and Saracens’ Fergus Burke are the other uncapped members of the squad.
Scotland Six Nations Squad:
Forwards
- Ewan Ashman – Edinburgh Rugby (22 caps)
- Jamie Bhatti – Glasgow Warriors (35 caps)
- Gregor Brown – Glasgow Warriors (4 caps)
- Dave Cherry – Edinburgh Rugby (11 caps)
- Luke Crosbie – Edinburgh Rugby (12 caps)
- Rory Darge – Glasgow Warriors (25 caps) [Co-captain]
- Jack Dempsey – Glasgow Warriors (22 caps)
- Matt Fagerson – Glasgow Warriors (50 caps)
- Zander Fagerson – Glasgow Warriors (70 caps)
- Euan Ferrie – Glasgow Warriors (uncapped)*
- Grant Gilchrist – Edinburgh Rugby (75 caps)
- Jonny Gray – Bordeaux Bègles (77 caps)
- Cameron Henderson – Leicester Tigers (1 cap)
- Patrick Harrison – Edinburgh Rugby (3 caps)
- Will Hurd – Leicester Tigers (4 caps)
- Ewan Johnson – Oyonnax (4 caps)
- Jack Mann – Glasgow Warriors (uncapped)*
- Alexander Masibaka – Soyaux-Angoulême (uncapped)*
- D’Arcy Rae – Edinburgh Rugby (2 caps)
- Jamie Ritchie – Edinburgh Rugby (54 caps)
- Pierre Schoeman – Edinburgh Rugby (37 caps)
- Rory Sutherland – Glasgow Warriors (37 caps)
- Marshall Sykes – Edinburgh Rugby (1 cap)
Backs
- Fergus Burke – Saracens (uncapped)*
- Matt Currie – Edinburgh Rugby (4 caps)
- Jamie Dobie – Glasgow Warriors (9 caps)
- Darcy Graham – Edinburgh Rugby (42 caps)
- George Horne – Glasgow Warriors (34 caps)
- Rory Hutchinson – Northampton Saints (8 caps)
- Huw Jones – Glasgow Warriors (53 caps)
- Tom Jordan – Glasgow Warriors (3 caps)
- Blair Kinghorn – Toulouse (55 caps)
- Stafford McDowall – Glasgow Warriors (8 caps)
- Finn Russell – Bath Rugby (82 caps) [Co-captain]
- Arron Reed – Sale Sharks (3 caps)
- Kyle Rowe – Glasgow Warriors (9 caps)
- Duhan van der Merwe – Edinburgh Rugby (44 caps)
- Ollie Smith – Glasgow Warriors (9 caps)
- Ben White – Toulon (24 caps)
*Denotes uncapped players
Scotland go into this year’s tournament with plenty of expectation.
They will hope to get off to a strong start this weekend, when they host tournament underdogs Italy.
The best UK rugby betting sites currently put Scotland as massive favourite at 1/12, while Italy are 10/1 outsiders.
Scotland Vs Italy kicks off of 2:15pm GMT on Saturday, and is available to UK viewers live on BBC1.
