Parks usurps Godman in Scotland XV

Phil Godman paid the price for Scotland's opening RBS 6 Nations defeat to France as Dan Parks was recalled at fly-half for Saturday's trip to Wales.

Parks' return was one of three changes from Sunday's 18-9 loss at Murrayfield, with prop star Euan Murray and back-three man Rory Lamont also back in the starting XV.

Lamont was named on the left wing, with brother Sean surprisingly moved to outside centre in place of Max Evans.

Moray Low also drops out from Sunday's team, while co-captain Mike Blair is back on the bench.

Saturday's game sees Chris Paterson become the first Scot to make 100 international appearances and he will be presented with a specially-commissioned cap to mark the occasion after the match at the Millennium Stadium.

Robinson revealed the inclusion of the big-kicking Parks was in order to play a more territorial game after France dominated in that department on Sunday.

He said: 'We needed to improve our owning of territory, winning the territorial battle and marrying the two together of being able to play with the ball in hand but also looking to be able to dominate territory.

'We didn't do that well enough last week and while we showed some really good attacking intent, we turned too many balls over.

'Dan's coming in not just to kick the ball - we still want to move it, we still want to play with the ball in hand.'

Robinson also admitted Sean Lamont - Scotland's best player on Sunday - had been switched from wing to beef up the centre.

'Sean's played at centre for Llanelli, so he's had the ability to play there,' Robinson said.

'He's very physical; we think there's going to be a big physical battle in the centres but also in the way that Wales defend, they really do rush up hard.'

Robinson said of the recall of Murray, who missed the France game for religious reasons: 'He's a fantastic tighthead prop, he's a real rock in the way that he performs and we need that level of physicality in the game.'

The former Edinburgh head coach also paid tribute to Paterson, saying: 'I've really enjoyed working with Chris over the last couple of years.

'He's a great professional both on the pitch and also off it.

'He thoroughly deserves the honour and the tributes bestowed upon him because of the way that he's performed consistently with a number of different coaches.'

Scotland team for RBS 6 Nations match against Wales at the Millennium Stadium on Saturday, kick-off 2pm:

C Paterson (Edinburgh); T Evans (Glasgow), S Lamont (Scarlets), G Morrison (Glasgow), R Lamont (Toulon); D Parks (Glasgow), C Cusiter (Glasgow, capt); A Dickinson (Gloucester), R Ford (Edinburgh), E Murray (Northampton), N Hines (Leinster), A Kellock (Glasgow), K Brown (Glasgow), J Barclay (Glasgow), J Beattie (Glasgow).

Replacements: S Lawson (Gloucester), A Jacobsen (Edinburgh), R Gray (Glasgow), A MacDonald (Edinburgh), M Blair (Edinburgh), P Godman (Edinburgh), M Evans (Glasgow).