SANTIAGO: “Scotland Makes 10 Changes for Test Against Chile”, Scotland’s ongoing experimentation on their Americas tour continues with significant lineup changes, including three forwards making their first starts and an uncapped player named on the bench for Saturday’s test against Chile. This strategic shift underscores Scotland’s exploration of new combinations and talent development during their tour.
After beating Canada and the United States in their opening matches, coach Gregor Townsend again shuffled his team around when he named the lineup on Thursday.
Loosehead prop Nathan McBeth and tighthead Will Hurd won their first caps off the bench against Canada two weeks ago but are now in from the start, as is lock Ewan Johnson.
Townsend kept five players from the team that started the 42-7 victory over the United States in Washington last Friday for the third game of their month-long tour.
There will be a new halfback pairing of Ben Healy and Gus Warr, who scored twice on debut in the 73-12 win over Canada in Ottawa at the start of the tour.
Jamie Dobie comes in for Kyle Steyn on the right wing while Steyn moves inside to partner Sione Tuipulotu in the midfield. Duhan van der Merwe, who equalled Scotland’s try scoring record last week, is replaced on the left by Arron Reed.
Hooker Patrick Harrison, who has yet to earn a cap, is named among the replacements and expected to get a first run out on Saturday.
Team: 15-Kyle Rowe, 14-Jamie Dobie, 13-Kyle Steyn, 12-Sione Tuipulotu (co-captain), 11-Arron Reed, 10-Ben Healy, 9-Gus Warr, 8-Josh Bayliss, 7-Jamie Ritchie (co-captain), 6-Gregor Brown, 5-Ewan Johnson, 4-Alex Craig, 3-Will Hurd, 2-Dylan Richardson, 1-Nathan McBeth
Replacements: 16-Patrick Harrison, 17-Pierre Schoeman, 18-Javan Sebastian, 19-Max Williamson, 20-Rory Darge, 21-Adam Hastings, 22-Stafford McDowall, 23-Matt Currie.
