Exiles Ben White and Kyle Rowe have been named in Gregor Townsend’s Scotland squad in their second test against Argentina this Saturday (9th July).

White is set to make his first start for his nation at the Estadio Padre Ernesto Martearena, Salta, partnering up with Edinburgh Rugby fly-half Blair Kinghorn who starts at 10.

Utility back Rowe has made his first senior Scotland matchday squad and could appear off the bench having been named in the union’s training squad in the Guinness Six Nations.

Scotland lost their opening encounter with Argentina where Juan Martín González and Agustín Creevy also featured for Los Pumas in the 26-18 defeat.

Irish’s scrum-half, signed ahead of the 2021/22 campaign, made 25 appearances for the Exiles and had a try-scoring debut at Murrayfield in a 20-17 win over England in the 2022 Guinness Six Nations.

Rowe had been capped by the Scotland 7s squad as an Edinburgh player and too was added to the Irish roster before last season, notching 10 tries in all competitions.

Kicking off at 8.10pm BST, the match will be live on Sky Sports this Saturday 9 July, with the final test in the series taking place at the Estadio Único Madre de Ciudades next Saturday (16th July).

 

Scotland team to face Argentina at the Estadio Padre Ernesto Martearena.

15 Rory Hutchinson - Northampton Saints - 6 caps

14 Darcy Graham - Edinburgh Rugby - 28 caps

13 Mark Bennett - Edinburgh Rugby - 25 caps

12 Sam Johnson - Glasgow Warriors - 25 caps

11 Duhan van der Merwe - Worcester Warriors - 17 caps

10 Blair Kinghorn - Edinburgh Rugby - 32 caps

9 Ben White - London Irish - 5 caps

1 Pierre Schoeman - Edinburgh Rugby - 10 caps

2 Dave Cherry - Edinburgh Rugby - 5 caps

3 Zander Fagerson - Glasgow Warriors - 48 caps

4 Sam Skinner - Edinburgh Rugby - 21 caps

5 Grant Gilchrist - Edinburgh Rugby - (Captain) - 54 caps

6 Rory Darge - Glasgow Warriors - 5 caps

7 Hamish Watson - Edinburgh Rugby (Vice-Captain) - 49 caps

8 Matt Fagerson - Glasgow Warriors - 22 caps

 

Replacements

16 George Turner - Glasgow Warriors - 26 caps

17 Jamie Bhatti - Glasgow Warriors - 22 caps

18 Javan Sebastian - Scarlets - 2 caps

19 Scott Cummings - Glasgow Warriors - 21 caps

20 Andy Christie - Saracens - 1 cap

21 Ali Price - Glasgow Warriors - 52 caps

22 Ross Thompson - Glasgow Warriors - 1 cap

23 Kyle Rowe - London Irish - uncapped

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