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Scotland at Full Strength for Clash with All Blacks
Gregor Townsend leans on 10 Glasgow Warriors players and hands Finn Russell and Jack Dempsey milestone caps.
- On Thursday, Scotland head coach Gregor Townsend named a full-strength side for Saturday's Nations Championship clash against New Zealand at Murrayfield, making wholesale changes from their mid-July outing.
- Key duo Sione Tuipulotu and Finn Russell return to the lineup after missing Scotland's 33-17 victory over Fiji in July, with both now included for this weekend's test.
- Glasgow Warriors supply 10 of the 15 starters, with prop Rory Sutherland at loosehead; Russell will win his 100th Test cap while Jack Dempsey earns his 50th.
- Townsend omitted top try scorers Darcy Graham and Duhan van der Merwe from the matchday 23, while British & Irish Lion Huw Jones returns from injury to partner captain Tuipulotu in the centre.
- New Zealand head coach Dave Rennie expects a challenging match, saying Scotland has "built a lot of depth over recent years," and made two changes to the team that last faced Australia.
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