Scotland team to face France

France appear at Murrayfield on Sunday for what is now likely to be the deciding fixture in Group B of the Autumn Nations Cup. With the news that all of Fiji’s fixtures have now been cancelled due to a rash of positive Covid-19 tests, Scotland could go into the final “deciding” round slightly undercooked – but if they beat France at the weekend they’ll also be top and in with a chance of silverware.

If they isolate sufficiently, Fiji may be allowed to play in the 4th place match at BT Murrayfield, likely to be against Georgia or Wales.

France are restricting game time across their squad but their own game with Fiji being cancelled means that they have released a group of top line players – who Scotland were scheduled to swerve – back into selection.

Can Scotland repeat the feat of the spring, when the vaunted France were sent packing? Or will their undeniable growth as a team since then be too much for a Scotland unit settling into their new identity and pretty re-shuffled since last week?

Scotland: Stuart Hogg (capt), Blair Kinghorn, Chris Harris, Sam Johnson, Duhan Van Der Merwe, Duncan Weir, Ali Price; Oli Kebble, Fraser Brown, Simon Berghan, Scott Cummings, Jonny Gray, Jamie Ritchie, Hamish Watson, Magnus Bradbury.
Replacements: George Turner, Jamie Bhatti, Zander Fagerson, Sam Skinner, Blade Thomson, Sam Hidalgo-Clyne, Duncan Taylor, Sean Maitland.

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