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Scotland confirm selection back-up plan for Fiji contest

By PA
(Photo by Paul Ellis/AFP via Getty Images)

Edinburgh prop D’Arcy Rae is in line to make his first Scotland start against Fiji on Saturday if Zander Fagerson has to pull out.

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The experienced Glasgow tighthead, who was named in the number three jersey on Thursday, missed the team run at Murrayfield on Friday due to personal reasons and is considered a doubt for the opening autumn Test.

Rae, whose solitary cap came as a sub against Ireland in the 2019 Six Nations, was initially listed among the replacements for the visit of the Fijians but the 29-year-old will be promoted to starting duty if Fagerson is unable to play.

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In that event, uncapped Glasgow prop Fin Richardson – not selected in the 23 – will be added to the bench.

SCOTLAND:
1 Pierre Schoeman
2 Ewan Ashman
3 Zander Fagerson
4 Grant Gilchrist
5 Scott Cummings
6 Matt Fagerson
7 Rory Darge
8 Jack Dempsey
9 Ali Price
10 Adam Hastings
11 Duhan van der Merwe
12 Sione Tuipulotu
13 Huw Jones
14 Darcy Graham
15 Kyle Rowe

REPLACEMENTS:
16 Dylan Richardson
17 Rory Sutherland
18 D’Arcy Rae
19 Max Williamson
20 Gregor Brown
21 Jamie Dobie
22 Tom Jordan
23 Stafford McDowall

24th man: Fin Richardson

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RedWarrior 2 hours ago

This is a banana skin for Scotland today. Missing foreign based club players. Fiji are Pacific Champs. Accuracy required otherwise Scotland will end up standing under their posts more often than anticipated.

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Bull Shark 2 hours ago
Rassie Erasmus' Boks selection policy is becoming bizarre

To be fair, the only thing that drives engagement on this site is over the top critiques of Southern Hemisphere teams.


Or articles about people on podcasts criticizing southern hemisphere teams.


Articles regarding the Northern Hemisphere tend to be more positive than critical. I guess to also rile up kiwis and Saffers who seem to be the majority of followers in the comments section. There seems to be a whole department dedicated to Ireland’s world ranking news.


Despite being dialled into the Northern edition - I know sweet fokall about what’s going on in France.


And even less than fokall about what’s cutting in Japan - which has a fast growing, increasingly premium League competition emerging.


And let’s not talk about the pacific. Do they even play rugby Down there.


Oh and the Americas. I’ve read more articles about a young, stargazing Welshman’s foray into NFL than I have anything related to either the north and south continents of the Americas.


I will give credit that the women’s game is getting decent airtime. But for the rest and the above; it’s just pathetic coming from a World Rugby website.


Just consider the innovation emerging in Japan with the pedigree of coaches over there.


There’s so much good we could be reading.


Instead it’s unimaginative “critical for the sake of feigning controversial”. Which is lazy, because in order to pull that off all you need to be really good at is:


1. Being a doos;

2. Having an opinion.


No prior experience needed.


Which is not journalism. That’s like all or most of us in the comments section. People like Finn (who I believe is a RP contributor).


Anyway. Hopefully it will get better. The game is growing and the interest in the game is growing. Maybe it will attract more qualified journalists over time.

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