Six Nations - Scotland name Hogg for France clash

Wed, 22 Feb 12:40:00 2012

Teenage full-back Stuart Hogg will make his first start for Scotland in Sunday's Six Nations championship match against France at Murrayfield in one of four changes to the team.

RUGBY Stuart Hogg, Scotland - 0

Hogg, 19, will be joined by his Warriors' team mates Graeme Morrison at centre and flanker John Barclay. Mike Blair has been preferred to his British Lions team mate Chris Cusiter at scrumhalf.

There are two positional changes with Rory Lamont moving to the right wing and his elder brother Sean to outside centre.

"It's a dream come true to play international rugby," Hogg said in a media release from Scotland Rugby on Wednesday.

"When I was a kid we'd play full contact rugby in the street in the Weensland area of Hawick. I'd be about five and there would be kids there up to about 12 or 13 years-old and you'd always think about what it would be like to play for Scotland.

"Now I've got the opportunity to win for Scotland at Murrayfield - brilliant."

Scotland have lost both their opening two games in the tournament while France defeated Italy in their opening fixture. The World Cup finalists' second-round match against Ireland on Feb. 11 was postponed until March 4 because of a frozen pitch at the Stade de France.

Scotland: 15-Stuart Hogg, 14-Rory Lamont, 13-Sean Lamont, 12-Graeme Morrison, 11-Lee Jones, 10-Greig Laidlaw, 9-Mike Blair, 8-David Denton, 7-Ross Rennie, 6-John Barclay, 5-Jim Hamilton, 4-Richie Gray, 3-Geoff Cross, 2-Ross Ford (captain), 1-Allan Jacobsen.

Replacements: 16-Scott Lawson, 17-Ed Kalman, 18-Alastair Kellock, 19-Richie Vernon, 20-Chris Cusiter, 21-Duncan Weir, 22-Nick De Luca.

Reuters

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  1. doncamillopetitcuredecampagne I can't really argue­ with your assessment.

    Very well said, and good to see­ a pleasant post expresssing a balanced and considered­ opinion, especially with all the nonsense which is­ becoming prevalent on these boards

    I can't wish­ you guys luck, for obvious reasons, but always a­ pleasure to have you in Edinburgh with us.

    From bob b, on Fri 24 Feb 6:37

  2. I wont see how the Scots could beat France on Sunday,­ because they are playing a 5 years old rugby, i wish to­ see a nice and fair play! Courage mes amis!

    From Rotpaulette, on Fri 24 Feb 2:46

  3. bob b, I think (and hope) we will win against Scotland.­ That's what logic would dictate anyway. But at the­ same time I'm not overconfident about it...
    Your­ team is playing good rugby and has been for a few years­ now. The only thing that kills you is the lack of speed­ in your backlines. I remember a few years ago, for the­ first match of the Lievremont era, we won in­ Murrayfield. That day you broke our defensive line 3 or­ 4 times, with clean breaks and lovely moves, but noone­ could finish these moves and turn them into tries. That­ was your downfall that day and has been for a while on­ my opinion... All it would take would be a it more­ belief, a bit more support and pace at the back.
    I­ thought Scotland played very well in the world cup and­ were extremely unlucky to go out at the group­ stage...

    As I said before, we should win in­ Murrayfield, but it definitely won't be a walk in­ the park and Scotland are more than capable of upseting­ the odds, especially if they take the score early !­ We'll have to be 100% focused on our game,­ otherwise we're in for a bad surprise...

    Anyway­ I'm just hoping for a good match and a french­ victory of course ;-) ! Allez les Bleus !

    From doncamillopetitcuredecampagne, on Fri 24 Feb 2:41
  4. Comment hidden due to its low rating. Show

    This is coming from a sheep worrier. Quality.

    From Bolton Ballshifters, on Fri 24 Feb 0:57

  5. taiwan Ballshifters, ARE YOU SURE YOUR DAD THE NAVY GAY­ FATHERED YOU , ROYAL NAVY YOU NOW WHAT THESE A RSE­ BANDITS ARE LIKE ALL NAVY LADS LOVE SLEEPING TOGETHER­ ,I JUST CAN NOT SEE HIM BEING UP TO THE JOB OF­ FATHERING A LITTLE YELLOW CHOP STICK EAT TURD FROM­ TAIWAN,

    SCOTLAND SHOULD DO WELL THIS WEEK THEY SHOULD­ HAVE BEATEN ENGLAND AND THEY GIVE WALES A FRIGHT THE­ FIRST HALF COME ON SCOTLAND .

    From TERRY, on Fri 24 Feb 0:09

  6. Kicking the ball back to the French is the only way­ they'l get into the French half i'm afraid­ John. Scotland will try to depress the French with­ their Boring slumps up the middle but whilst it killed­ the games against England and Wales it probably wont­ stop the French running game. I dont expect a any game­ that involves Scotland to be a classic and not­ expecting much from this either, a slow soggy­ murrayfield may prevent total humilliation but France­ will still win by 20.

    From Pink Pig, on Thu 23 Feb 22:40

  7. All I want is a decent game with as few mistakes as­ possible, even I am getting fed up watching Scotland­ losing games they should have won. and for gods sake­ dont start kicking every ball back to the French, they­ love that .

    From john sloop b, on Thu 23 Feb 22:09

  8. As a Scot, I'm very worried about this game.

    I was­ worried about the Welsh game too, but despite a couple­ of serious mistakes, it wasn't too bad a­ performance.

    The team we've put out is capable of­ beating France, but there's been so many games­ we've lost recently which we should have won.

    I­ think if we can take the game to France for the first­ 20 minutes or so then we've got a chance of an­ upset.
    If we let the French settle then I fear­ they'll rip us apart.

    I'd love to see us win­ it, but I just don't think we're there yet.

    From bob b, on Thu 23 Feb 19:52

  9. See what I mean.
    Terry you are pathetic.

    From Bolton Ballshifters, on Thu 23 Feb 19:45

  10. Terry will spend the next 20 minutes frantically­ logging out, then back in, so he can give his comments­ as many 'thumbs up' as he can, and also give my­ comments an equal number of 'thumbs down'. What­ a pillock!

    From Bolton Ballshifters, on Thu 23 Feb 19:29

  11. And conceived in Portsmouth. Which toilet were you­ conceived in Terry?

    From Bolton Ballshifters, on Thu 23 Feb 19:16

  12. Actually it says made in Hong Kong.

    From Bolton Ballshifters, on Thu 23 Feb 19:06

  13. Bolton Ballshifters IF WE ARE JEALOUS OF THE ENGLISH­ WE CAN COUNT YOU OUT , BECAUSE YOU ARE CHINESE YOU­ LITTLE YELLOW TIT ,BORN IN HONG KONG AND I BET IF WE­ TURNED YOU UP SIDE DOWN AND LOOKED BETWEEN YOU A RSE­ HOLE AND YOUR TESTICLES YOU HAVE BEEN STAMPED MADE IN­ TAIWAN .

    From TERRY, on Thu 23 Feb 18:49

  14. You're all jealous of us English because we have­ won the World Cup. What have you ever won?

    From Bolton Ballshifters, on Thu 23 Feb 17:53

  15. come on the scots!!!
    france sucks

    From carolineforan1278, on Thu 23 Feb 15:44

  16. Terry the Turd haven't you worked it out yet, all­ the so called English turds are doing is responding to­ their leader, if you shut up and stopped insulting­ people when all they want to do is discuss rugby what­ do you expect, but no, all they see is your name after­ you leave another childish comment about them and their­ rugby team. So Terry stop insulting others, man-up and­ if you did not act like a cu'nt in the first place­ then people wont respond to you the same way will they?

    From Juve are poo!, on Thu 23 Feb 10:15

  17. Good luck Scotland, keep up the pressure and i think­ france will have a tough battle on their hands against­ you guys
    From a welsh fan

    From stephen, on Thu 23 Feb 6:19

  18. why are you english turds on this scottish forum­ talking your usual rubbish , why are you english a­ rse holes so jealous of the celts , this scottish team­ should have beaten england with ease and if you play­ the scots today they would hammer you,england were very­ very lucky ,and wales knew they were in a game­ against the scots last week they played out of their­ skin , but wales will show you english loud mouths­ how good you are (not ) on saturday , and how was­ englands open top dumper truck when you a rse holes­ returned from new zealand through the heathrow back­ doors with your heads held in shame .

    From TERRY, on Thu 23 Feb 4:22

  19. Glad de lucas dropped. Horsham, do one. Where do you­ get that from.

    From lawrie165, on Thu 23 Feb 3:26

  20. Colin O they got a try when they played Wales last time­ out

    From alan, on Thu 23 Feb 2:09
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