Scotland add five players to squad for Six Nations game against Italy
Monday 12 March 2018 11:23, UK
Scotland have added five players to their squad for the final Six Nations match against Italy on Saturday.
Scotland travel to Rome in search of their third victory in this year's Championship, having beaten France and England at Murrayfield.
Glasgow Warriors quartet Scott Cummings (lock), Matt Fagerson (back-row), Adam Hastings (stand-off) and Richie Vernon (centre) have been called up for the trip to the Stadio Olimpico, along with Gloucester centre Matt Scott.
Meanwhile, Tommy Seymour is retained by head coach Gregor Townsend despite missing Saturday's defeat to Ireland in Dublin.
Cummings, Fagerson and Hastings could all make their international debuts against Italy, who are guaranteed the wooden spoon for third successive Championship regardless of the weekend's result.
Scotland 38-man squad to face Italy:
Forwards: John Barclay (Scarlets), Simon Berghan (Edinburgh Rugby), Jamie Bhatti (Glasgow Warriors), Fraser Brown (Glasgow Warriors), Scott Cummings (Glasgow Warriors, David Denton (Worcester Warriors), Zander Fagerson (Glasgow Warriors), Matt Fagerson (Glasgow Warriors), Grant Gilchrist (Edinburgh Rugby), Jonny Gray (Glasgow Warriors), Richie Gray (Toulouse), Luke Hamilton (Leicester Tigers), Scott Lawson (Newcastle Falcons), Darryl Marfo (Edinburgh Rugby), Stuart McInally (Edinburgh Rugby), Willem Nel (Edinburgh Rugby), Gordon Reid (London Irish), Tim Swinson (Glasgow Warriors), Hamish Watson (Edinburgh Rugby), Ryan Wilson (Glasgow Warriors)
Backs: Nick Grigg (Glasgow Warriors), Chris Harris (Newcastle Falcons), Adam Hastings (Glasgow Warriors), Stuart Hogg (Glasgow Warriors), George Horne (Glasgow Warriors), Pete Horne (Glasgow Warriors), Ruaridh Jackson (Glasgow Warriors), Huw Jones (Glasgow Warriors), Lee Jones (Glasgow Warriors), Blair Kinghorn (Edinburgh Rugby), Greig Laidlaw (Clermont Auvergne), Sean Maitland (Saracens), Byron McGuigan (Sale Sharks), Ali Price (Glasgow Warriors), Finn Russell (Glasgow Warriors), Matt Scott (Gloucester), Tommy Seymour (Glasgow Warriors), Richie Vernon (Glasgow Warriors)
