Scotland have suffered a double injury blow following the withdrawal of winger Kenny Logan and flanker Martin Leslie from the Six Nations encounter with Ireland at Murrayfield on Saturday. Logan aggravated a knee-tendon injury while playing for Wasps in the 40-21 home defeat by Sale in the Zurich Premiership at the weekend.
And Leslie will be sidelined for at least a month after wrenching ankle ligaments during Edinburgh's 32-24 Celtic League defeat at Cardiff last week. Having already picked a provisional squad of 25, Scotland coach Ian McGeechan has opted not to call up any substitutes for the pair and will reveal his final party of 22 on Thursday.
"That was the reason for holding squad get-togethers in July and then earlier this month," revealed McGeechan. "The aim was to get our general approach over to as many potential team members as possible. It gave the younger and older guys an idea of our plans and an overall understanding of our principles so they wouldn't come in cold in this situation."
Filed by Sinéad Kissane
