Jamie Ritchie has been passed fit and will captain Scotland in their must-win World Cup pool match with Ireland on Saturday.
The 27-year-old flanker skippers a team at the Stade de France showing 12 changes to the starting XV that annihilated Pool B whipping boys Romania 84-0 last weekend.
Ritchie had to sit that game out after taking a knock to the head in their previous match, another hefty win over Tonga.
Among those returning is Blair Kinghorn at fullback, which takes him to the 50-Test milestone. Winger Darcy Graham retains his place after scoring four tries in the hammering of Romania.
Sione Tuipulotu and Huw Jones resume a familiar centre partnership which has enjoyed nine outings in 2023.
As part of a halfback pairing that will combine to pass 140 caps on Saturday, scrumhalf Ali Price gets the nod to partner Finn Russell.
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The Scots have to win to entertain any chance of reaching the last eight – they are five points adrift of South Africa and four behind Ireland.
The Irish will start as hot favourites as they are on a record run of 16 successive victories, including an impressive 13-8 win over the Springboks a fortnight ago.
The Scots, who lost to the Boks in their opening pool game, have been beaten by Ireland in their past eight meetings.
Scotland – 15 Blair Kinghorn, 14 Darcy Graham, 13 Huw Jones, 12 Sione Tuipulotu, 11 Duhan van der Merwe, 10 Finn Russell, 9 Ali Price, 8 Jack Dempsey, 7 Rory Darge, 6 Jamie Ritchie (c), 5 Grant Gilchrist, 4 Richie Gray, 3 Zander Fagerson, 2 George Turner, 1 Pierre Schoeman.
Subs: 16 Ewan Ashman, 17 Rory Sutherland, 18 WP Nel, 19 Scott Cummings, 20 Matt Fagerson, 21 Luke Crosbie, 22 George Horne, 23 Ollie Smith.
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