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Tuesday 6 March 2012

Scotland Announce Team To Play Ireland

by Dugald Skene

Andy Robinson has today announced his team to take on the Irish in Dublin on Saturday and there is one change to the line-up from the team that took on the French.

With all of the injuries that happened two weeks ago, all but Rory Lamont have recovered to take their place in Dublin.  Sean Lamont will take the place of his brother to play on the wing.  That means that Robinson has picked Nick de Luca to partner Graeme Morrison in the centre after a rousing substitute's performance against France.

Nick de Luca returns to starting XV

Try scorers that day Stuart Hogg and Lee Jones continue at full back and wing respectively while Mike Blair is preferred as starting scrum half to Chris Cusiter.

The pack remains the same, with Geoff Cross keeping his berth at tighthead despite the availability of Euan Murray who comes in on the bench.

Elsewhere on the bench, Ruaridh Jackson displaces Duncan Weir and Max Evans returns after sustaining his ankle injury against Wales.

Scotland:

15. S Hogg, 14. L Jones, 13. N de Luca, 12. G Morrison, 11. S Lamont, 10. G Laidlaw, 9. M Blair, 1. A Jacobsen, 2. R Ford (c), 3. G Cross, 4. R Gray, 5. J Hamilton, 6. J Barclay, 7. R Rennie, 8. D Denton

Bench: 16. S Lawson, 17. E Murray, 18. A Kellock, 19. R Vernon, 20. C Cusiter, 21. R Jackson, 22. M Evans

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