Scotland make eight changes for series-decider against Argentina

Hamish Watson recently played his 50th Test for Scotland
Hamish Watson recently played his 50th Test for Scotland
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Scotland head coach Gregor Townsend has made eight changes to the starting line up for the series deciding clash against Argentina.

Ollie Smith starts at fullback in the place of Rory Hutchinson while Rufus McLean starts in the place of Darcy Graham at right wing with Duhan van der Merwe at left.

Sione Tuipulotu comes into the line up joining Mark Bennet at midfield while Ali Price starts at scrum at the expense of Ben White.

The front row sees a couple of a change with Ewan Ashman and Rory Sutherland coming in with Zander Fagerson set to win his 50th cap for Scotland.

As Hamish Watson will be captaining the side, there is no change in the back row while Scott Cummings and Jonny Gray are the preferred locks.

Cherry, Schoeman, Javan Sebastian, Glen Young, Andy Christie, George Horne, Ross Thompson and Johnson are named among the replacements.

Scotland: 15 Ollie Smith, 14 Rufus McLean, 13 Mark Bennett, 12 Sione Tuipulotu, 11 Duhan van der Merwe, 10 Blair Kinghorn, 9 Ali Price; 1 Rory Sutherland, 2 Ewan Ashman, 3 Zander Fagerson, 4 Scott Cummings, 5 Jonny Gray, 6 Rory Darge, 7 Hamish Watson (c), 8 Matt Fagerson.

Reserves: 16 Dave Cherry, 17 Pierre Schoeman, 18 Javan Sebastian, 19 Glen Young, 20 Andy Christie, 21 George Horne, 22 Ross Thompson, 23 Sam Johnson.