Vern Cotter has named a strong side to face Argentina at Murrayfield on Saturday evening.
The backs are unchanged saved for Tommy Seymour who sat out the last one for personal reasons, so Tim Visser drops to the bench.
Up front, Ross Ford has had his 100 caps so Fraser Brown moves up a step to see what he can offer while Ford waits on the bench. Concussion forces Richie Gray’s withdrawl so what is probably Vern’s ideal pairing of his admired Gilchrist and Jonny Gray gets a first start together in the boilerhouse.
In the back row, John Barclay moves to Number 8 and Magnus Bradbury is handed the start at blindside ahead of Cornell du Preez. It has been announced that John Hardie will be out for up to 8 weeks with an ankle sprain – he has already had the operation on it.
On the bench depth is boosted by the changes to the main XV but Ryan Wilson, rather than du Preez, covers the back row and Alex Allan adds further youth to the propping contingent ahead of Gordon Reid who misses out entirely.
Scotland team to play Argentina at BT Murrayfield in the Autumn Tests
This Saturday (19 November, kick-off 5pm) – live on BBC
15 Stuart Hogg (Glasgow Warriors) – 46 caps; 11 tries, 3 pens, 64 points
14 Sean Maitland (Saracens) – 24 caps; 3 tries, 15 points
13 Huw Jones (Stormers) – 2 caps; 2 tries, 10 points
12 Alex Dunbar (Glasgow Warriors) – 17 caps; 5 tries, 25 points
11 Tommy Seymour (Glasgow Warriors) – 29 caps; 13 tries, 65 points
10 Finn Russell (Glasgow Warriors) – 20 caps; 2 tries, 3 cons, 1 pen, 19 points
9 Greig Laidlaw CAPTAIN (Gloucester) – 54 caps; 4 tries, 68 cons, 129 pens, 543 points
1 Allan Dell (Edinburgh Rugby) – 1 cap
2 Fraser Brown (Glasgow Warriors) – 18 caps
3 Zander Fagerson (Glasgow Warriors) – 2 caps
4 Grant Gilchrist (Edinburgh Rugby) – 13 caps; 1 try, 5 points
5 Jonny Gray (Glasgow Warriors) – 26 caps; 2 tries, 10 points
6 Magnus Bradbury (Edinburgh Rugby) – uncapped
7 Hamish Watson (Edinburgh Rugby) – 3 caps
8 John Barclay (Scarlets) – 53 caps; 4 tries, 20 points
Substitutes:
16 Ross Ford (Edinburgh Rugby) – 100 caps; 2 tries, 10 points
17 Alex Allan (Glasgow Warriors) – 1 cap
18 Moray Low (Exeter Chiefs) – 35 caps
19 Tim Swinson (Glasgow Warriors) – 24 caps
20 Ryan Wilson (Glasgow Warriors) – 21 caps
21 Ali Price (Glasgow Warriors) – uncapped
22 Pete Horne (Glasgow Warriors) – 21 caps; 2 tries, 1 con, 1 pen, 15 points
23 Tim Visser (Harlequins) – 27 caps; 11 tries, 55 points
Unavailable through injury: Alasdair Dickinson (hamstring), Richie Gray (possible concussion), John Hardie (ankle/knee/concussion), Josh Strauss (calf).
UPDATE: Here’s the Argentina team:
Formación de @lospumas para enfrentar a @Scotlandteam sin cambios respecto al quince que enfrentó a Gales en Cardiff. #VamosPumas pic.twitter.com/7sAxhw0foJ
— Los Pumas (@lospumas) 17 November 2016