Scotland have made five changes in personnel from the side that beat Italy for the Six Nations Championship match against Ireland at Murrayfield on Saturday. Glenn Metcalfe has been restored to the number 15 position in place of Chris Paterson, who has played 13 times for Scotland at fullback. Paterson moves to the wing.
John Steel and James McLaren replace Kenny Logan and Cammie Murray, while in the pack, Jason White comes into the second row and Gordon Simpson is in the back row.
Scotland: 15-Glenn Metcalfe, 14-Jon Steel, 13-James McLaren, 12-John Leslie, 11-Chris Paterson; 10-Gregor Townsend, 9-Bryan Redpath; 8-Simon Taylor, 7-Budge Pountney, 6-Gordon Simpson, 5-Scott Murray, 4-Jason White, 4-Scott Murray, 3-Mattie Stewart, 2-Gordon Bulloch, 1-Tom Smith
Replacements: 16-Steve Scott, 17-George Graham, 18-Stuart Grimes, 19-Jon Petrie, 20-Andy Nicol, 21-Duncan Hodge, 22-Andrew Henderson
Filed by Sinéad Kissane
