McDowall to captain Scotland A

Stafford McDowall will lead out Scotland A in Edinburgh this weekend, after the centre was selected as captain for Saturday night’s clash with Chile at Hive Stadium.

The Stewartry RFC product – who scored his first try at Scottish Gas Murrayfield on his first outing as senior Scotland captain in Saturday’s win over Portugal – is one of seven Glasgow Warriors set to take to the field this weekend, in Scotland A’s first home fixture since a 2014 draw with England Saxons at Scotstoun.

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Jamie Dobie joins captain McDowall in the back-line for this weekend’s clash, the scrum-half also appointed as one of the squad’s vice-captains by Scotland A Head Coach, Pete Horne.

Jamie Bhatti starts at loose-head, the prop having crossed for his first try in a Scotland jersey during Saturday’s victory over Portugal.

He’s joined in the front-row by Gregor Hiddleston, with the Dumfries-born hooker set to appear in a senior Scotland representative jersey for the first time in this weekend’s clash.

Three further Warriors await their opportunity after being named amongst the replacements, including summer signing Fin Richardson, who is selected as the replacement tight-head a fortnight on from serving as 24^th man in the win over Fiji.

Jare Oguntibeju is named in the number 19 jersey, the Glasgow Warriors academy second-rower selected after a series of impressive performances in both pre-season and Glasgow Warriors A fixtures to date in 2024/25.

Ben Afshar rounds out the Glasgow cohort selected by Horne, the scrum-half another set for his first senior Scotland representative outing after being invited to join the 2024 summer tour as a development player.

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Scotland A team to face Chile at Hive Stadium, Saturday 23 November, kick-off 6pm.

15. Arron Reed (Sale Sharks)
14. Matt Currie (Edinburgh Rugby)
13. Mosese Tuipulotu (Edinburgh Rugby)
12. Stafford McDowall CAPTAIN (Glasgow Warriors)
11. Ross McCann (Edinburgh Rugby)
10. Ross Thompson (Edinburgh Rugby)
9. Jamie Dobie VICE-CAPTAIN (Glasgow Warriors)

1. Jamie Bhatti (Glasgow Warriors)
2. Gregor Hiddleston (Glasgow Warriors)
3. Darcy Rae (Edinburgh Rugby)
4. Marshall Sykes (Edinburgh Rugby)
5. Ewan Johnson (Oyannax)
6. Tom Dodd VICE-CAPTAIN (Edinburgh Rugby)
7. Freddy Douglas (Edinburgh Rugby)
8. Ben Muncaster (Edinburgh Rugby)

Replacements

16. Harri Morris (Edinburgh Rugby)
17. Mikey Jones (Edinburgh Rugby)
18. Finn Richardson (Glasgow Warriors)
19. Jare Oguntibeju (Glasgow Warriors)
20. Liam McConnell (Edinburgh Rugby)
21. Ben Afshar (Glasgow Warriors)
22. Ben Healy (Edinburgh Rugby)
23. Jack Brown (Edinburgh Rugby)