Six Nations: Scotland hand lock Gregor Brown first championship start for clash vs title-favourites France

Gregor Brown will make his first Six Nations start for Scotland after being selected in the second row for Saturday’s showdown with France in Paris.

The 23-year-old Glasgow forward, who made his debut last summer, will take the place of Jonny Gray who drops to the bench for the Stade de France showdown.

In the only other change to the starting XV, Matt Fagerson takes over from the injured Jack Dempsey at No 8. Co-captain Rory Darge has recovered from the hip issue that forced him off in last Saturday’s victory over Wales and takes his place in the back row.

Edinburgh forwards Marshall Sykes and Ben Muncaster will get their first involvement of the championship after being named as substitutes. Injured Edinburgh lock Sam Skinner plus Glasgow backs Kyle Rowe and George Horne – who
were all on the bench last weekend – drop out of the 23 altogether.

The Scots are no longer in title contention but can play a part in deciding the outcome of the championship, with France requiring a victory to secure the silverware.

Scotland: 15 Blair Kinghorn, 14 Darcy Graham, 13 Huw Jones, 12 Tom Jordan, 11 Duhan van der Merwe, 10 Finn Russell (co-capt), 9 Ben White; 1 Pierre Schoeman, 2 Dave Cherry, 3 Zander Fagerson, 4 Gregor Brown, 5 Grant Gilchrist, 6 Jamie Ritchie, 7 Rory Darge (co-capt), 8 Matt Dempsey.

Replacements: 16 Ewan Ashman, 17 Rory Sutherland, 18 Will Hurd, 19 Jonny Gray, 20 Marshall Sykes, 21 Ben Muncaster, 22 Jamie Dobie, 23 Stafford McDowall.

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