Darge Starts As Scots Make One Change V Argentina

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Autumn Nations Series: Scotland v Argentina

Venue: Scottish Gas Murrayfield, Edinburgh Date: Sunday, 16 November Kick-off: 15:10 GMT

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Darcy Graham will gain his 50th headdress for Scotland arsenic Rory Darge replaces Matt Fagerson successful nan only alteration to nan starting XV for Sunday's sojourn by Argentina.

Fagerson replaces Glasgow Warriors team-mate and chap backmost statement Darge connected nan chair pursuing past weekend's conclusion by New Zealand.

Head coach Gregor Townsend has gone for continuity, which intends Warriors' Kyle Steyn is again preferred to Edinburgh's Duhan van der Merwe connected nan other helping to Graham.

But Scotland's joint-record effort scorer this clip makes nan bench, having missed retired against nan All Blacks contempt marking his ain 50th headdress pinch 2 tries successful nan opening autumn bid triumph complete nan United States.

Edinburgh team-mate Graham, pinch whom Van der Merwe shares that record, has fond memories of facing Argentina aft moving successful 3 tries successful a 52-29 triumph nan past clip nan sides met successful 2022.

Argentina caput to Murrayfield connected a precocious pursuing a 52-28 triumph complete Wales astatine nan weekend.

Scotland: Blair Kinghorn (Toulouse), Darcy Graham (Edinburgh), Rory Hutchinson (Northampton Saints), Sione Tuipulotu (Glasgow Warriors, capt), Kyle Steyn (Glasgow Warriors); Finn Russell (Bath), Ben White (Toulon); Pierre Schoeman (Edinburgh), Ewan Ashman (Edinburgh Rugby), D'arcy Rae (Edinburgh); Scott Cummings (Glasgow Warriors), Grant Gilchrist (Edinburgh), Gregor Brown (Glasgow Warriors), Rory Darge (Glasgow Warriors), Jack Dempsey (Glasgow Warriors).

Replacements: George Turner (Harlequins), Nathan McBeth (Glasgow Warriors), Elliot Millar Mills (Northampton Saints), Josh Bayliss (Bath), Matt Fagerson (Glasgow Warriors), Jamie Dobie (Glasgow Warriors), Tom Jordan (Bristol Bears), Duhan van der Merwe (Edinburgh).