Thursday 27th September 2007
Frank Hadden has named a full strength side for Scotland's crucial World Cup Pool C game against Italy in Saint Etienne on Saturday.
Having rested most of his front line players for the game against New Zealand last week Hadden had a full squad to pick from, and the side selected is as expected, showing thirteen changes.
The back row trio of Simon Taylor, Allister Hogg and captain Jason White all return in a new-look pack, and will be looking to dominate the Italian forwards, who are without their captain Marco Bortolami.
Behind the scrum the only two players to retain their places are Simon Webster and Chris Paterson, although both make positional changes. Webster comes back to outside centre, where he played against Romania, and Paterson moves from fly-half to the left wing berth.
The equation is simple for Scotland, if they win they progress to the quarter-finals and if they lose they are out of the World Cup.
Scotland: 15 Rory Lamont, 14 Sean Lamont, 13 Simon Webster, 12 Rob Dewey, 11 Chris Paterson, 10 Dan Parks, 9 Mike Blair, 8 Simon Taylor, 7 Allister Hogg, 6 Jason White, 5 Jim Hamilton, 4 Nathan Hines, 3 Euan Murray, 2 Ross Ford, 1 Gavin Kerr.
Replacements: 16 Scott Lawson, 17 Craig Smith, 18 Scott MacLeod, 19 Kelly Brown, 20 Chris Cusiter, 21 Andrew Henderson, 22 Hugo Southwell.
Date: Saturday September 29, 2007
Kick off: 21:00 (20:00 BST; 19:00 GMT)
Venue: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint Etienne
Referee: Jonathan Kaplan
Touch judges: Wayne Barnes, Hugh Watkins
Television match official: Dave Pearson
Assessor: Bob Francis
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