Scotland make sweeping changes for World Cup clash with Romania
Scotland's Darcy Graham celebrates after scoring a try during the Rugby World Cup Pool B match between Scotland and Tonga at the Stade de Nice
Head coach Gregor Townsend has made 13 changes to his Scotland starting line-up for their penultimate Pool B clash against Romania on Saturday.
Gregor Townsend rings the changes
Only Kyle Steyn and Chris Harris retain starting roles from the Scotland team that defeated Tonga 45-17 in their second fixture.
Steyn switches wings, starting on the left in place of Duhan van der Merwe, and he is joined in the back three by full-back Ollie Smith and right winger Darcy Graham.
Meanwhile, Harris is joined in the centres by Cameron Redpath as Sione Tuipulotu drops out of the matchday 23.
Ben Healy will make his Rugby World Cup debut in the number 10 jumper and is joined in the half-backs by scrum-half Ali Price.
The new look loose trio sees Matt Fagerson pack down at number eight with Hamish Watson at openside and Luke Crosbie on the blindside. Captain Jamie Ritchie also misses out on the squad after a concussion he sustained against Tonga. Rory Darge is included on the bench, while Jack Dempsey is rested.
Grant Gilchrist skippers the side in Ritchie’s absence and is joined by Sam Skinner, with Scott Cummings dropping to the bench.
Jamie Bhatti (loosehead) and Ewan Ashman (hooker) start in the front-row, with tighthead prop Javan Sebastian earning his first start for Scotland.
There is another first on the bench as hooker Johnny Matthews could earn his Test debut after joining the squad following the training ground injury to Stuart McInally.
Rory Sutherland, WP Nel, Cummings and Darge complete the five forward replacements, with George Horne, Blair Kinghorn and Huw Jones covering the backs.
Scotland team v Romania
Scotland: 15 Ollie Smith, 14 Darcy Graham, 13 Chris Harris, 12 Cameron Redpath, 11 Kyle Steyn, 10 Ben Healy, 9 Ali Price, 8 Matt Fagerson, 7 Hamish Watson, 6 Luke Crosbie, 5 Grant Gilchrist (c), 4 Sam Skinner, 3 Javan Sebastian, 2 Ewan Ashman, 1 Jamie Bhatti
Replacements: 16 Johnny Matthews, 17 Rory Sutherland, 18 WP Nel, 19 Scott Cummings, 20 Rory Darge, 21 George Horne, 22 Blair Kinghorn, 23 Huw Jones
Date: Saturday, 30 September
Venue: Stade Pierre Mauroy, Lille
Kick off: 21:00 local (20:00 BST, 19:00 GMT)
Referee: Wayne Barnes (RFU)
Assistant Referees: Andrew Brace (IRFU), Chris Busby (IRFU)
TMO: Brendon Pickerill (NZR)
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