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Scott Johnson makes just two changes to his pack for the trip to face France in . 22-year-old Warrior is handed a first test cap, replacing the injured Richie Gray in the second row, whilst fit again resumes on the blindside flank at the expense of Robert Harley. Ten members of the team have now retained their places in the same shirts for all five rounds including all five players behind the half backs. The bench remains unchanged from the round four defeat to . The XV has 414 test caps between them; the bench has a further 154 caps. The average age of the walk-on team is 27 years; the average on the bench is almost 28.

AGE & EXPERIENCE Total caps 80 6NC caps 40 Age 70 35 60

50 30 Caps 40 Age 30 25

20 20 10 0 15 Ford (2) Hall (16) Grant (1) Weir (10) Low (17) Scott (12) Hogg (15) Brown (7) Beattie (8) Murray (3) Cross (18) Evans (23) Laidlaw (9) Wilson (20) Gilchrist (4) Hamilton (5) Kellock (19) Pyrgos (21) Maitland (14) Jackson (22) T.Visser (11) Strokosch (6) S.Lamont (13)

(1) TEST CAREER Caps Starts Rep SNU Try Pts W D L Team: Overall 9 9 - - - - 5 - 4 Born: 8.10.1985 (27) in Kirkcaldy (Scotland) RBS 6 Nations 4 4 - - - - 2 - 2 Ht: 1.85m (6'1") Wt: 113kg (17st 11lb) v France ------Position: Prop @ Stade de France ------FACTBOX: 6 Nations 2013 4 4 - - - - 2 - 2 Educated at the Alice Smith School in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia PRO12 debut was as an apprentice with Border Reivers against Ulster November 2006, the following year he joined . After 3 seasons with Edinburgh he switched his allegiance to Glasgow in the summer of 2010. He has not scored a try in professional rugby since crossing against in Viadana in April 2011 Represented Scotland in the U21 Six Nations 2006 and U21 World Championships later the same year in France He was playing for the Army when won his U21 caps as he was serving with the Royal Signals, he has also played for the Combined Services Scotland A debut came v in Perth February 2007, he had two further games at A level, against Italy 2011 scoring a try at Galashiels, and against last year Test debut came in Scotland's momentous 9-6 victory over the Wallabies in pouring rain at Newcastle, NSW, last June RBS Six Nations debut came in the defeat to England in round One. The only match he has missed starting at loosehead in Scotland's last ten games was their 15-21 defeat to in last November

Compiled by (2) TEST CAREER Caps Starts Rep SNU Try Pts W D L Team: Overall 67 56 11 - 2 10 27 1 39 Born: 23.4.1984 (28) in Edinburgh (Scotland) RBS 6 Nations 35 28 7 - - - 8 1 26 Ht: 1.85m (6'1") Wt: 114kg (17st 13lb) v France 6 6 ------6 Position: Hooker @ Stade de France 4 4 ------4 FACTBOX: 6 Nations 2013 4 3 1 - - - 2 - 2 Originally with Border Reivers' he joined Glasgow Warriors in summer 2007 but switched to Edinburgh in mid-October that year after the . Now in his 6th season with the capital club Represented his country at U16, U18, U19, (included the 2002 IRB/FIRA World Junior Championship in Italy), and U21 levels 2004 and 2005 6 Nations, World Junior Championships 2005 & 2006 Skippered Scotland to three wins out of three on their Southern hemisphere tour last summer; the only match he has missed in Scotland's last 19 was their 15-21 defeat to Tonga in Aberdeen last November Full cap came in November 2004 as 20 year old when he was a replacement in the game against Australia at Murrayfield Reached his 50th cap for Scotland in the opening RWC 2011 win over Romania, is now Scotland's second most capped hooker behind On the 2009 British & Irish Lions tour of South Africa, he appeared in 7 games including the last test Made his RBS 6 Nations debut in 2006 as a replacement against Wales, this is his 8th successive RBS 6 Nations championship He is the youngest player ever to have played 100 PRO12 matches, achieving the milestone v in January 2010 when aged 25

(3) TEST CAREER Caps Starts Rep SNU Try Pts W D L Team: Overall 52 47 5 - 2 10 22 1 29 Born: 7.8.1980 (32) in Glasgow (Scotland) RBS 6 Nations 26 23 3 - 1 5 6 1 19 Ht: 1.88m (6'2") Wt: 115kg (18st 1lb) v France 3 3 - - 1 5 - - 3 Position: Prop @ Stade de France 3 3 - - 1 5 - - 3 FACTBOX: 6 Nations 2013 3 3 - - - - 1 - 2 Scottish Cup finalist 2002 with Glasgow Hawks; enlisted by Glasgow Rugby on a full-time professional contract, summer 2003 Moved south to Saints for the start of 2007/8 season, initially playing with them in National 1, spent over 3 seasons there before switching to Newcastle part way through 2010/11 Summer 2012 joined Agen in Top14, made only 8 first team appearances before signing for English side Worcester Warriors, has just agreed a long term extension to his contract with the Premiership club Won National with Northampton 2008 and European Challenge Cup winner in 2009 He has played for three of Scotland's age-grade squads - U18 in 1997/98, U19 in 1998/99 (including the FIRA World Junior Championship in Wales), and U21 (6 Nations 2000 & 2001, SANZAR tournament in New Zealand 2000) and 2000/01 Full Scotland debut v Romania 2005, also played during 2011 RWC; His only two test tries to date came in successive matches against France and in 2007 Selected for the 2009 British & Irish Lions, his tour was curtailed due to an ankle injury - he played in 4 games. Made his RBS 6 Nations debut 2007, this is his seventh successive six nations campaign; his only try in the competition to date was scored against France in Paris in 2007

(4) GRANT GILCHRIST TEST CAREER Caps Starts Rep SNU Try Pts W D L Team: Edinburgh Rugby Overall - - - 1 - - - - - Born: 9.8.1990 (22) in (Scotland) RBS 6 Nations ------Ht: 2.01m (6'7") Wt: 120kg (18st 12lb) v France ------Position: Lock @ Stade de France ------FACTBOX: 6 Nations 2013 ------Has represented Scotland at U18 and U19 levels Played for Scotland in the U20 Junior World Championships 2009 in Japan and 2010 in Argentina Played one game in the 2010 U20 Six Nations, the 8-all draw against France in Inverness Summer 2011 travelled to Christchurch, New Zealand to play club rugby as a recipient of the John MacPhail Scholarship. Played his junior rugby with the Alloa and Stirling County clubs PRO12 debut was against Cardiff Blues at Murrayfield in September 2011 An unused bench replacement for senior Scotland team in their shock loss to Tonga in Aberdeen in November he is yet to make his debut The only try he has scored in professional rugby was for Edinburgh at the in the PRO12, February 2012. Has not played for his club for the past month

Compiled by (5) JIM HAMILTON TEST CAREER Caps Starts Rep SNU Try Pts W D L Team: Overall 45 37 8 - 1 5 14 1 30 Born: 17.11.1982 (30) in Swindon (England) RBS 6 Nations 25 21 4 - - - 4 1 20 Ht: 2.03m (6'8") Wt: 124kg (19st 7lb) v France 4 3 1 - - - - - 4 Position: Lock @ Stade de France 3 2 1 - - - - - 3 FACTBOX: 6 Nations 2013 4 4 - - - - 2 - 2 Member of Premiership squad 2001/2 - with them up until he moved north to join Edinburgh in summer 2008, spent 2 years with the capital team until joining Gloucester 2010 Premiership finalist with Tigers v Sale in 2006, won LV= Cup with Gloucester 2011 Played for England at U19 & U21 levels - U19 IRB World Cup in Chile in 2001 and 2002 & 2003 U21 Six Nations Qualifies for Scotland through his Glasgow-born father First start for Scotland was in the Twickenham match against England on the opening day of the 2007 RBS 6 Nations Championship. This is his 6th RBS 6 Nations campaign His only test try so far was against Argentina in 13-9 win at Mar del Plata in 2010 Has signalled his intention to leave Gloucester at the end of this season to pursue his rugby in France. Has started Scotland's last nine RBS 6 Nations matches in the second row, and named man of the match in the round 3 victory over Ireland

(6) ALASDAIR STROKOSCH TEST CAREER Caps Starts Rep SNU Try Pts W D L Team: Perpignan Overall 31 25 6 - 1 5 14 - 17 Born: 21.2.1983 (30) in Paisley (Scotland) RBS 6 Nations 13 10 3 - - - 3 - 10 Ht: 1.90m (6'3") Wt: 107kg (16st 11lb) v France 1 1 ------1 Position: Back-row @ Stade de France 1 1 ------1 FACTBOX: 6 Nations 2013 1 1 ------1 Former pupil of Claremont High School, East Kilbride, is now a back-rower, but originally played lock at U21 level Played for East Kilbride before moving to Boroughmuir and then earning a contract with Edinburgh in 2002/3 season, in summer 2007 he joined Gloucester Has represented his country at U16, U18, U19, and U21 levels, playing in the 2003 & 2004 U21 Six Nations; U21 World Championship in 2003 in England and the following year in Scotland Churchill Cup finalist 2006, when Scotland A lost to NZ Maori, also played in the following season's tournament Full Scotland debut came in November 2006 against the Wallabies at Murrayfield, whilst his only test try was scored against in Aberdeen in 2008 Made his RBS 6 Nations bow in 2008 v Ireland at Croke Park, this is his 6th campaign. Injured in the round one game against England he has made two replacement appearances in the last two weeks for Perpignan in the Top-14 Played in the last three games of RWC2011 campaign on blindside flank With Gloucester for five seasons, he joined French side Perpignan in the summer. His try for his new club in round 5 of the Top14 in Barcelona was his first try in professional rugby for almost 4 years

(7) (c) TEST CAREER Caps Starts Rep SNU Try Pts W D L Team: Saracens Overall 56 38 18 1 4 20 23 1 32 Born: 8.6.1982 (30) in Edinburgh (Scotland) RBS 6 Nations 27 20 7 - 1 5 7 1 19 Ht: 1.93m (6'4") Wt: 108kg (17st 0lb) v France 4 2 2 - 1 5 - - 4 Position: Back-row @ Stade de France 3 1 2 - 1 5 - - 3 FACTBOX: 6 Nations 2013 4 4 - - - - 2 - 2 Scottish Cup finalist with Melrose 2001, he joined Glasgow Warriors from Border Reivers in summer 2007 then moved to Saracens summer 2010 Played 99 games in the Celtic League for Borders & Glasgow and won the English Premiership with Saracens in 2011 Played in the U21 Six Nations Championships 2002 & 2003, and the IRB Junior World Championships in England 2003 In 2009 played in all three matches for the Scotland A team who won the IRB Nations Cup in Bucharest Had a try-scoring test debut for Scotland in the 39-19 win over Romania in Bucharest in June 2005; this is his 6th RBS 6 Nations campaign since his debut against England at Twickenham in 2007 His only RBS 6 Nations try to date came against France in Paris in the opening round of 2011 Recalled to the Scotland team for the Autumn internationals, his first appearances since RWC2011, he captained Scotland for the first time v New Zealand on the occasion of his 50th cap Has led Scotland in their last 7 test matches despite never having skippered any club

Compiled by (8) JOHNNIE BEATTIE TEST CAREER Caps Starts Rep SNU Try Pts W D L Team: Montpellier Overall 20 20 - - 3 15 10 1 9 Born: 21.11.1985 (27) in Glasgow (Scotland) RBS 6 Nations 11 11 - - 1 5 3 1 7 Ht: 1.93m (6'4") Wt: 106kg (16st 9lb) v France 2 2 ------2 Position: Back-row @ Stade de France 1 1 ------1 FACTBOX: 6 Nations 2013 4 4 - - - - 2 - 2 Made his debut in PRO12 for Glasgow in the match in 2004, made 109 appearances for them in the competition before joining Montpellier last summer. Represented Scotland U21 in Six Nations 2005 & 2006, World Championships 2005 in Mendoza and 2006 in France Scored a try on Scotland debut v Romania at Murrayfield in November 2006; all his 20 caps to date have been as the starting Number 8 RBS 6 Nations debut was against France in Paris, March 2007 Scored his only RBS 6 Nations try to date in the victory over Ireland at Croke Park in 2010 Started at number 8 against England in round one, his first cap since the RWC2011 warm up game against Ireland, and has retained the shirt for all 4 games to date Son of John Beattie, who won 25 caps for Scotland playing in the same position between 1980-87 Prior to 2012 had made only one appearance in the RBS 6 Nations in the previous two seasons, Scotland's 10-6 victory over Ireland at Murrayfield in 2011

(9) TEST CAREER Caps Starts Rep SNU Try Pts W D L Team: Edinburgh Rugby. Position: Stand-off Overall 17 14 3 1 2 150 6 - 11 Born: 12.10.1985 (27) in Edinburgh (Scotland) RBS 6 Nations 9 8 1 - 1 85 2 - 7 Ht: 1.75m (5'9") Wt: 79kg (12st 6lb) v France 1 1 - - - 5 - - 1 Kicking: 52 from 63 (83%) 16C/36PG/0DG @ Stade de France ------FACTBOX: 6 Nations 2013 4 4 - - - 52 2 - 2 Joined Edinburgh Rugby in summer 2006 from Jed-Forest. Has played in almost 100 PRO12 matches for the capital team, scoring just over 300 points in the tournament Played for Scotland U21 at the 2005 World Junior Championships in Argentina & 2006 in France as well as the U21 Six Nations the same years Has represented Scotland at IRB World Sevens series in 2008, 2009 & 2010 Scotland A debut came in victory over Argentina in 2008 Churchill Cup in Canada; played another 8 games for A team before getting a test cap against the All Blacks in November 2010 The 2012 second round game v Wales was his first test start, he also scored his first test try claiming 13 points in all in the game Current Edinburgh skipper, he has played for them at both scrum-half and stand-off this year Is the only Scotland international ever to start a test at both fly-half and scrum-half; he has scored the last 32 points Scotland have tallied in this year's RBS 6 Nations Has started Scotland's last 14 test matches; ten at stand-off and four at scrum-half

(10) TEST CAREER Caps Starts Rep SNU Try Pts W D L Team: Glasgow Warriors. Position: Stand-off Overall 4 1 3 5 - 2 2 - 2 Born: 10.5.1991 (21) in (Scotland) RBS 6 Nations 3 1 2 3 - 2 1 - 2 Ht: 1.75m (5'9") Wt: 89kg (14st 0lb) v France 1 - 1 - - 2 - - 1 Kicking: 1 from 1 (100%) 1C/0PG/0DG @ Stade de France ------FACTBOX: 6 Nations 2013 2 1 1 2 - - 1 - 1 He also played football for Glasgow Athletic Boys club, attracting the attentions of several leading Scottish clubs, before he concentrated on rugby Played for Glasgow Hawks 2009/10 season; Gael Force in the 2009 & 2010 British & Irish Cup and signed with Glasgow Warriors from the start of the 2010/2011 season Has represented Scotland at U17, U19 and U20 level as well as Scotland 7s Scotland U20 games include the 2010 Six Nations and the World Championships in Argentina; he captained his country at U20 World Championships in Italy 2011 bagging 20 points v Tonga in the semi-final His Scotland A debut came against the USA Eagles at Netherdale in November 2010 Was in second spot in the point rankings in the RaboDirect PRO12 last season with 198 points Having scored 20 points during Scotland A's 35-0 defeat of England Saxons at Galashiels in February 2012, he was called into the senior squad and made his test debut in the 3rd round game against France, kicking a conversion His first three caps came off the bench whilst his first start came in Round 4 against Wales

Compiled by (11) TEST CAREER Caps Starts Rep SNU Try Pts W D L Team: Edinburgh Rugby Overall 9 9 - - 5 25 4 - 5 Born: 29.5.1987 (25) in Zeewolde () RBS 6 Nations 4 4 - - 1 5 2 - 2 Ht: 1.93m (6'4") Wt: 109kg (17st 2lb) v France ------Position: Wing @ Stade de France ------FACTBOX: 6 Nations 2013 4 4 - - 1 5 2 - 2 Attended Barnard Castle School in Northumberland and joined Academy in 2003. Scored 2 tries in final of 2000 Middlesex Sevens that Newcastle won Made senior debut for Falcons 2006, scored tries in each of his first three Premiership matches, one of only 4 players to achieve this feat Found his way north of the border in summer 2009, scoring tries in his first two matches for Edinburgh in the PRO12 that September Became eligible for Scotland due to residency 12 June 2012 and made his debut for his adopted country 4 days later. His nine caps to date have all been in successive tests starting on the left wing Scored 2 tries on his debut v in Lautoka, the first Scotsman to do so since , also against Fiji, in 1989.Scored 2 more tries against NZ last November, only the second Scotsman to achieve this feat after Made his RBS 6 Nations bow in the Calcutta Cup game at Twickenham in round one, then scored his first RBS 6 Nations try in the 34-10 victory over Italy at Murrayfield the following week Recently signed a 3 year extension to his contract to remain with Edinburgh until 2015, he has been joined at the club this season by his younger brother, Sep. Has been the RaboDirect PRO12 top try scorer for the past three seasons and is fast approaching becoming the first player to the 50 tries mark.

(12) TEST CAREER Caps Starts Rep SNU Try Pts W D L Team: Edinburgh Rugby Overall 11 10 1 - 1 5 5 - 6 Born: 30.9.1990 (22) in Dunfermline (Scotland) RBS 6 Nations 5 4 1 - 1 5 2 - 3 Ht: 1.88m (6'2") Wt: 99kg (15st 8lb) v France ------Position: Centre @ Stade de France ------FACTBOX: 6 Nations 2013 4 4 - - 1 5 2 - 2 Studied Law at Edinburgh University Played for Currie in the British & Irish Cup 2010/11, scoring 4 tries An Elite Development player with Edinburgh, his senior debut was in September 2011 against Cardiff Blues at Murrayfield Represented Scotland U20 in the 2010 Six Nations and 2010 Junior World Championships in Argentina He won his first cap for Scotland as a late injury replacement in the 4th round of 2012 RBS 6 Nations Championship against Ireland in . Capped for Scotland after just 18 games for Edinburgh; he has started Scotland's last ten test matches at inside centre Scored a try on only appearance for Scotland A in the victory against England in Galashiels last February Scored his only RBS 6 Nations try to date during the decisive 34-10 victory over Italy at Murrayfield in round two

(13) TEST CAREER Caps Starts Rep SNU Try Pts W D L Team: Glasgow Warriors Overall 75 72 3 - 9 45 31 1 43 Born: 15.1.1981 (32) in Perth (Scotland) RBS 6 Nations 35 33 2 - 6 30 9 1 25 Ht: 1.88m (6'2") Wt: 105kg (16st 7lb) v France 6 5 1 - 4 20 1 - 5 Position: Wing/Centre @ Stade de France 4 3 1 - 2 10 - - 4 FACTBOX: 6 Nations 2013 4 4 - - 1 5 2 - 2 Joined Glasgow Warriors from in the summer of 2003: moved to in 2005, then in 2009 rejoined Glasgow Warriors from the start of 2012/13 season Won his first Scotland cap against Samoa in New Zealand on 2004 summer tour Played in Scotland's sevens team at 2002 Commonwealth Games in and called into Scotland squad for the IRB World Sevens Series tournament at Murrayfield in May 2009 Was named man of the match in the RBS 6 Nations match against Italy in 2005 This is his 8th RBS 6 Nations campaign; he started every game from 2005 to 2007 on the wing, but a knee injury while he was playing for Northampton ruled him out of the 2008 tournament The only game he has missed in Scotland's last 39 tests was against Italy in the RWC warm-up match August 2011. Scored 7 tries in his first 30 tests, but just two since, the most recent being in the victory over Italy in round two Four of his nine test tries have been scored during his six appearances against France in the RBS 6 nations, two at Murrayfield in 2006, and one each in the Paris tests of 2007 and 2011

Compiled by (14) TEST CAREER Caps Starts Rep SNU Try Pts W D L Team: Glasgow Warriors Overall 4 4 - - 1 5 2 - 2 Born: 14.9.1988 (24) in Tokoroa (N Zealand) RBS 6 Nations 4 4 - - 1 5 2 - 2 Ht: 1.88m (6'2") Wt: 97kg (15st 3lb) v France ------Position: Wing/Full-back @ Stade de France ------FACTBOX: 6 Nations 2013 4 4 - - 1 5 2 - 2 Has represented NZ U19 when they won the IRB World Championship in 2007. Played in the NZ U21 World Championship winning team of 2008 in Wales A member of the (NZ) squad that won 2008 Rugby Super title, and was also a losing finalist in 2011, he has played in four NZ provincial finals, winning all four 2008-2011 Joint top try scorer in with Crusaders in 2011 Played for Waikato in Air NZ Cup in July 2006, moved to the South Island joining Canterbury in time for the 2007 season. Made his debut in Super Rugby for Crusaders in February 2008 v . Played over 50 Super Rugby matches for Crusaders (scoring 20 tries) and almost 50 games for Canterbury in the Provincial championship Signed a three year contract with Glasgow arriving in October; he qualifies for Scotland through his grandparents Glasgow Warriors debut was in the European Cup v Castres on 7th December, he was capped for Scotland after just 6 first team appearances Against England in round 1 he became the first Scotsman to score a try on RBS 6 Nations debut since the Evans brothers both did so in 2009, it was Scotland's quickest debut try since Roland Reid against Tonga in 2001

(15) TEST CAREER Caps Starts Rep SNU Try Pts W D L Team: Glasgow Warriors. Position: FB/C Overall 14 13 1 - 3 15 5 - 9 Born: 24.6.1992 (20) in Melrose (Scotland) RBS 6 Nations 8 7 1 - 3 15 2 - 6 Ht: 1.83m (6'0") Wt: 88kg (13st 12lb) v France 1 1 - - 1 5 - - 1 Kicking: 0 from 1 (0%) 0C/0PG/0DG @ Stade de France ------FACTBOX: 6 Nations 2013 4 4 - - 2 10 2 - 2 A Scottish Rugby Elite Development Player, signed long term professional contract with Warriors in December that will keep him with club until 2015 Represented Scotland at U17 & U18 levels before making his U20 debut in last season's Six Nations, and playing in U20 World Junior Championships in Italy last June, scoring tries against Tonga and Argentina Made Glasgow Warriors debut in the PRO12 v Dragons February 2011; scored try on Heineken Cup debut v Bath at Firhill in November Called into senior team after impressing at full-back in Scotland A's 35-0 win over England Saxons last year. Capped for Scotland after only 19 first team games for the Warriors Made his test debut as a 16th minute replacement in the 2012 RBS 6 Nations fixture against Wales, his first test try against France last year saw him become Scotland's youngest try scorer since Ken Fyfe in 1933 Named The RaboDirect PRO12 Young Player of the Season 2011/12 His first cap came off the bench, since then he has started 13 successive games at full-back His try in the 34-10 victory over Italy was his second in successive games as he also scored in the Calcutta Cup game in round 1

(16) TEST CAREER Caps Starts Rep SNU Try Pts W D L Team: Glasgow Warriors Overall 41 13 28 3 1 5 18 - 23 Born: 24.9.1980 (32) in Dingwall (Scotland) RBS 6 Nations 17 8 9 1 - - 6 - 11 Ht: 1.83m (6'0") Wt: 105kg (16st 7lb) v France 4 1 3 - - - 1 - 3 Position: Hooker @ Stade de France 3 - 3 - - - - - 3 FACTBOX: 6 Nations 2013 2 1 1 1 - - 1 - 1 Former pupil of Glenalmond College Apprentice with Glasgow Caledonians; full-time pro-contract initially with Glasgow and then Edinburgh in 2002, he returned to Glasgow Warriors in summer 2007. Is now approaching 150 PRO12 matches in his career finalist for Edinburgh against Ulster 2003 Has represented Scotland at U19 level - at 1999 FIRA World Junior Championship - and U21s, including the SANZAR tournament in New Zealand in 2000 and U21 Six Nations 2000 & 2001 Debut for Scotland A came in their win against Romania, November 2002 Made test debut v Wales in RWC warm up 2003 but had to wait until 2006 to make his RBS 6 Nations Championship debut This is his 5th RBS 6 Nations campaign, his start at hooker against England in round one was his first start since 2007 His only test try to date was against Romania at Murrayfield in 2006 on his 12th appearance in a Scotland shirt

Compiled by (17) TEST CAREER Caps Starts Rep SNU Try Pts W D L Team: Glasgow Warriors Overall 17 9 8 3 - - 9 - 8 Born: 28.11.1984 (28) in Torphins (Scotland) RBS 6 Nations 9 3 6 3 - - 2 - 7 Ht: 1.88m (6'2") Wt: 122kg (19st 2lb) v France 3 1 2 - - - - - 3 Position: Prop @ Stade de France 2 - 2 - - - - - 2 FACTBOX: 6 Nations 2013 2 - 2 2 - - 2 - - Attended Lossiemouth High School Played for Northampton Saints second team in 2005 before making his Glasgow Warriors debut in PRO12 November 2006 v Leinster at Donnybrook Has now played in almost 100 PRO12 matches scoring 7 tries Represented Scotland U21 at World Championships in Mendoza 2005, scoring tries v Wales and Argentina Scotland A debut came in 2007, played for them in that year's Churchill Cup and then the 2009 Nations Cup in Bucharest, a tournament which they won Full Scotland debut came in the RBS 6 Nations game v France in Paris 2009 His first appearance since RWC2011 warm up game v Italy in Murrayfield, August 2011, was also against Italy in round two of this season's RBS 6 Nations

(18) TEST CAREER Caps Starts Rep SNU Try Pts W D L Team: Edinburgh Rugby Overall 20 11 9 4 1 5 6 1 13 Born: 11.12.1982 (30) in Edinburgh (Scotland) RBS 6 Nations 13 7 6 1 - - 3 1 9 Ht: 1.83m (6'0") Wt: 116kg (18st 3lb) v France 1 1 ------1 Position: Prop @ Stade de France ------FACTBOX: 6 Nations 2013 3 1 2 1 - - 2 - 1 A Galashiels Academy former pupil, he has now qualified as a doctor Joined The Borders in 2003 from Heriot's where he had been a member of their Scottish Cup winning side In December 2006 he moved from Border Reivers to Edinburgh Rugby on loan, the contract was made permanent in summer 2007. Now in his seventh season with the capital club Played for Scotland U21 in the 2003 Six Nations and World Junior Championship in England Scotland A appearances include the IRB Nations Cup tournament in Bucharest in May 2009 Made his first senior appearance for Scotland at Murrayfield against Wales in the opening round of the 2009 RBS 6 Nations Championship Has now been in Scotland's RBS 6 Nations squad for the past five years and in the matchday squad for their last 9 games in the tournament Scored a first and only test try to date against New Zealand at Murrayfield in November

(19) TEST CAREER Caps Starts Rep SNU Try Pts W D L Team: Glasgow Warriors Overall 51 29 22 1 1 5 22 1 28 Born: 14.6.1981 (31) in (Scotland) RBS 6 Nations 25 15 10 1 1 5 8 1 16 Ht: 2.03m (6'8") Wt: 119kg (18st 10lb) v France 4 3 1 - 1 5 1 - 3 Position: Lock @ Stade de France 1 1 - - 1 5 - - 1 FACTBOX: 6 Nations 2013 4 - 4 - - - 2 - 2 Initially played club rugby with Allan Glen's before moving to Stirling County Awarded a professional contract with Edinburgh; moved back west to join Glasgow Warriors in summer 2006. The current Glasgow captain, he is now approaching 150 PRO12 matches in his career Member of the Scottish Institute of Sport, represented Scotland U19 and U21 level - the latter at U21 Six Nations 2001 & 2002 Made Scotland A debut v Italy in March 2003 and represented them at the same level winning the IRB Nations Cup in Bucharest in 2009 Toured Australia in 2004 before gaining his first cap v Wallabies the following November. Captain for all 5 games during the 2011 RBS 6 Nations Championship and was at the helm for RWC 2011 in New Zealand This is his 7th RBS Six Nations campaign, he has played in Scotland's last 19 RBS 6 Nations matches (coming off the bench in the last 9) and Scotland's last 16 successive tests Scored his only test try when skippering Scotland in their 21-34 loss to France in Paris 2011

Compiled by (20) RYAN WILSON TEST CAREER Caps Starts Rep SNU Try Pts W D L Team: Glasgow Warriors Overall 1 - 1 - - - - - 1 Born: 18.5.1989 (23) in Aldershot (England) RBS 6 Nations 1 - 1 - - - - - 1 Ht: 1.93m (6'4") Wt: 103kg (16st 3lb) v France ------Position: No.8 @ Stade de France ------FACTBOX: 6 Nations 2013 1 - 1 - - - - - 1 Played for the second teams at Irish in 2007 and London Wasps in 2008 Joined Birmingham based side Moseley in summer 2009, playing for a season with them until joining Glasgow making his PRO12 debut in the game v Leinster at Firhill in September 2010 Represented Scotland U19s in 2008 Played for Scotland U20 in the IRB Junior World Championships in Japan 2009 Scotland A debut was against Ireland Wolfhounds in January 2011 and added a second cap against England Saxons a year later, both at Netherdale Skippered Scotland A to their 13-9 victory over England Saxons at Kingston Park in February The only two tries he has scored in professional rugby since September 2009 both came in the same PRO12 game, against Cardiff Blues at Firhill in March 2012 Made his test debut in the RBS 6 Nations loss to Wales at Murrayfield last weekend

(21) TEST CAREER Caps Starts Rep SNU Try Pts W D L Team: Glasgow Warriors Overall 5 1 4 2 1 5 1 - 4 Born: 9.7.1989 (23) in Dorchester (England) RBS 6 Nations 2 - 2 2 - - 1 - 1 Ht: 1.78m (5'10") Wt: 80kg (12st 8lb) v France ------Position: Scrum-half @ Stade de France ------FACTBOX: 6 Nations 2013 2 - 2 2 - - 1 - 1 Played for Loughborough University in England's National 3 North Division in 2008/9, stayed with them for a second season when they were promoted Qualifies for Scotland through his mother and grandparents Joined Glasgow Warriors in the summer of 2010 making his debut v Leinster at Firhill in the PRO12 that September Played for Scotland U20 throughout the U20 Six Nations 2009, scoring a try against Ireland at Perth. Competed at the IRB Junior World Championships 2009 in Japan His debut for Scotland A was against USA at Netherdale, November 2010 Test debut was as a replacement against the All Blacks at Murrayfield last November, his first test start came against Tonga in Aberdeen 2 weeks later Scored his first test try against the Springboks at Murrayfield in November 2012 Made his RBS 6 Nations bow as a 74th minute replacement against England in the Calcutta Cup game in round one, also came off the bench against Italy in round 2, but has been an unused replacement since

(22) TEST CAREER Caps Starts Rep SNU Try Pts W D L Team: Glasgow Warriors. Position: Stand-off Overall 19 10 9 2 - 16 7 - 12 Born: 12.2.1988 (25) in Northampton (England) RBS 6 Nations 10 6 4 1 - 5 3 - 7 Ht: 1.83m (6'0") Wt: 86kg (13st 7lb) v France 1 - 1 - - 2 - - 1 Kicking: 4 from 6 (67%) 2C/2PG/2DG @ Stade de France 1 - 1 - - 2 - - 1 FACTBOX: 6 Nations 2013 4 3 1 - - - 2 - 2 Played for Robert Gordon's College, is a graduate of Scottish Rugby's National Academy Joined the Cartha Queen's Park club in Glasgow, in 2007 switched to Glasgow Hawks before joining Warriors on a full-time contract in May 2008 Has played international rugby at U18, U19, and U20 levels (started all 5 games for Scotland U20 in the Six Nations 2008, and played in IRB Junior World Championship Wales 2009) Scotland A debut came against Georgia November 2008 Full test debut was versus the All Blacks November 2010 His RBS 6 Nations debut came off the bench against France in Paris the opening round 2011, scoring a conversion, his first start followed against Ireland in round 3 His father, Greg, played for Melrose, as did two uncles, Norman and Trevor Has played in Scotland's last six RBS 6 Nations matches

Compiled by (23) TEST CAREER Caps Starts Rep SNU Try Pts W D L Team: Overall 34 26 8 2 3 15 12 1 21 Born: 28.9.1983 (29) in Torquay (England) RBS 6 Nations 20 16 4 2 3 15 3 1 16 Ht: 1.75m (5'9") Wt: 85kg (13st 5lb) v France 3 3 ------3 Position: Centre @ Stade de France 2 2 ------2 FACTBOX: 6 Nations 2013 2 - 2 2 - - 1 - 1 Was a member of Harlequins' academy set-up, his appearances for Quins' first XV were curtailed by a back injury Became professional golfer in Portugal from 2004 to 2006 during which time he underwent physio on his back injury to allow him to return to the rugby field Joined Glasgow Warriors from Glasgow Hawks after following his brother, Tom, north. Moved to France to play with Castres in the summer of 2011 Made his Scotland A debut in 2008, gained his 1st senior cap against Canada at Aberdeen in November that year Made RBS 6 Nations debut 2009 as a replacement in the game against Wales scoring a try within 16 minutes of coming onto pitch Has started four games in each of the last four RBS 6 Nations championships, has made two appearances off the bench this year Has scored only one try in professional rugby in his last 44 games since March 2011 - for Castres v Clermont last May Has scored just one try in his last 27 tests for Scotland, the Calcutta Cup match last year

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