Darge, Gilchrist back from injury for Scotland against France
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Co-captain Rory Darge is back in the Scotland side to take on France in their Six Nations clash at Murrayfield on Saturday, as Grant Gilchrist returns in the second row, both having missed the thrilling 27-26 victory over Wales at the weekend.
Gregor Townsend’s side picked up Scotland's first win in Cardiff since 2002, but not without a mighty scare: they led 27-0 early in the second half before Wales took charge of the contest, forcing the Scots to hold on grimly for the win.
The backline is unchanged with Kyle Rowe getting a second start at fullback, but fit-again Gilchrist replaces lock Richie Gray, who has been ruled out of the remainder of the Six Nations tournament through injury.
It is all change in the back row as Matt Fagerson moves from number eight to the side of the scrum to accommodate Jack Dempsey, with the injured Luke Crosbie not in contention, and Darge, also back from injury, coming in for former captain Jamie Ritchie.
Scotland team: 15-Kyle Rowe, 14-Kyle Steyn, 13-Huw Jones, 12-Sione Tuipulotu, 11-Duhan van der Merwe, 10-Finn Russell (co-captain), 9-Ben White; 1-Pierre Schoeman, 2-George Turner, 3-Zander Fagerson, 4-Grant Gilchrist, 5-Scott Cummings, 6-Matt Fagerson, 7-Rory Darge (co-captain), 8-Jack Dempsey
Replacements: 16-Ewan Ashman, 17-Alec Hepburn, 18-Elliot Millar-Mills, 19-Sam Skinner, 20-Andy Christie, 21-George Horne, 22-Ben Healy, 23-Cameron Redpath. REUTERS
