Duhan van der Merwe starts again but a fellow SA-born Scotland international is set to play off the bench in a Six Nations clash at home to Wales on Saturday.
Van der Merwe scored a brilliant solo effort followed by a match-winning score in last week’s come-from-behind win against England. He starts alongside fullback Stuart Hogg and fellow SA-born wing Kyle Steyn in the back three.
Meanwhile, Zander Fagerson has been recalled to Scotland’s starting XV for the first Test at Murrayfield of 2023.
The return of the Glasgow prop is the only change to the run-on XV that launched Scotland’s tournament with the thrilling 29-23 win away in London.
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Fagerson, out for more than two months with a hamstring injury, replaced WP Nel in the team announced by coach Gregor Townsend on Thursday.
Nel drops to the bench, with Simon Berghan, among the replacements at Twickenham, omitted entirely from the match-day 23.
There is still no place for Hamish Watson. The flanker was concussed while playing against New Zealand in November but returned to action with club side Edinburgh late last month.
Townsend has kept faith with a back-row of No 8 Matt Fagerson, openside flanker Luke Crosbie and captain Jamie Ritchie.
Scotland are bidding to record wins in the opening two rounds of the tournament for the first time since 1996, when the Championship was still the Five Nations. The Scots have narrowly lost to Wales on the second week in each of the past two years.
1⃣ change to the Scotland team to take on Wales.
Good to have you back, Zander.
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