Conferma per Jonny Gray e Jim Hamilton in seconda linea, così come viene confermato in blocco il reparto dei trequarti. Euan Murray partirà dalla panchina.
A mezzogiorno ora locale la conferenza stampa di Scott Johnson al Murrayfield per spiegare le scelte tecniche.
Ecco la Scozia che sfiderà la Francia:
15 Stuart Hogg (Glasgow Warriors) 18 caps, 3 tries, 15 points 14 Tommy Seymour (Glasgow Warriors) 7 caps, 2 tries, 10 points 13 Alex Dunbar (Glasgow Warriors) 6 caps, 3 tries, 15 points 12 Matt Scott (Edinburgh Rugby) 19 caps, 3 tries, 15 points 11 Sean Lamont (Glasgow Warriors) 85 caps, 12 tries, 60 points 10 Duncan Weir (Glasgow Warriors) 11 caps, 1 try, 3 conversions, 1 drop-goal, 14 points 9 Greig Laidlaw (Edinburgh Rugby) vice-cpt 27 caps, 3 tries, 23 conversions, 58 penalties, 235 points 1 Ryan Grant (Glasgow Warriors) 16 caps 2 Scott Lawson (Newcastle Falcons) 41 caps, 2 tries, 10 points 3 Geoff Cross (Edinburgh Rugby) 26 caps, 1 try, 5 points 4 Richie Gray (Castres) 35 caps, 1 try, 5 points 5 Jim Hamilton (Montpellier) 53 caps, 1 try, 5 points 6 Johnnie Beattie (Montpellier) 29 caps, 3 tries, 15 points 7 Kelly Brown (Saracens) captain 61 caps, 4 tries, 20 points 8 David Denton (Edinburgh Rugby) 20 caps Panchina 16 Ross Ford (Edinburgh Rugby) 73 caps, 2 tries, 10 points 17 Alasdair Dickinson (Edinburgh Rugby) 33 caps, 2 tries, 10 points 18 Euan Murray (Worcester Warriors) 58 caps, 2 tries, 10 points 19 Tim Swinson (Glasgow Warriors) 5 caps 20 Ryan Wilson (Glasgow Warriors) 7 caps 21 Chris Cusiter (Glasgow Warriors) 67 caps, 3 tries, 15 points 22 Duncan Taylor (Saracens) 9 caps 23 Max Evans (Castres) 40 caps, 3 tries, 15 points.