Tom Jordan has been rewarded for his impressive debut off the bench in last week's record 57-17 win over Fiji with a place in Scotland's starting line-up against South Africa on Sunday afternoon.
Benetton lock Scott Scrafton has been banned for four matches following his red card against Glasgow Warriors last Friday.
Glasgow proved too strong for an indisciplined Benetton as they landed the first win of their United Rugby Championship title defence with a 41-10 home victory.
Adam Hastings wants to make one thing clear. He has never visited, and has no plans to visit, a witch doctor. Not even if the injury curse that robbed him of the best part of 18 months of his career strikes again.
The soon-to-be 28-year-old has returned to Scotstoun after three years at Gloucester and head coach Franco Smith has confirmed that the No10 will feature in the pre-season fixture versus Connacht two weeks before they open their URC title defence away to Ulster on September 21.
Scotland great Scott Hastings has revealed that he has been diagnosed with cancer and is undergoing chemotherapy treatment for the illness.
The 25-year-old pivot had become a key contributor to Scotland over the last two Six Nations campaigns, firstly stepping up to guide the side as the starter when regular starter Finn Russell had a falling out with Townsend.
Scott Hastings says the onus is on Greig Laidlaw and other senior Scotland players to step up when they lock horns with Wales.