Scotland forced into changes

Scotland have been forced into two late changes as they prepare to tour Argentina in June, where they will play two Tests against the Pumas.

Scotland have been forced into two late changes as they prepare to tour Argentina in June, where they will play two Tests against the Pumas.

Moray Low, the uncapped 23-year-old prop, has been forced to pull out of the tour due to an ankle injury. Low sustained the injury in Glasgow's final game of the season against Munster.

“Moray will be subject to further assessment but on reviewing the X-ray he will be in a compression boot for two weeks then undergo a period of rehabilitation of between four to six weeks, which will rule him out of the tour,” Scotland team doctor James Robson said.

Low's place will be taken by the experienced Edinburgh prop Craig Smith, who first toured Argentina as part of the Scotland U19 squad that also included Chris Paterson in 1997.

Smith was named in the Scotland A squad for the Churchill Cup in North America next month. A replacement for that squad will be announced later this week.

Meanwhile, two of the casualties among the Scotland backs, Nikki Walker and Rory Lamont, have not recovered in time from leg and knee injuries respectively so will therefore be unable to fill any of the vacancies in the tour party to Argentina.

That means Glasgow wing Max Evans joins his younger brother, Thom, on the trip to South America.

“We have decided to promote Max Evans from the Scotland A squad,” said Scotland Head Coach Frank Hadden.

“Max has played well in the Magners League for Glasgow and is another to have benefited from involvement with both Scotland A and Scotland Sevens.

“We are still waiting to see if Simon Webster will recover from his hamstring injury to make the tour. He'll be subject to further monitoring and we'd hope to make a decision on Simon next week.”