# Scotland at full strength for clash with All Blacks

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/scotland-at-full-strength-for-clash-with-all-blacks/
- Published: 2026-11-05T14:15:03+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-05T16:09:25+00:00
- Original publisher: CNA (publisher lean: Centre)
- Original article: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/sport/scotland-full-strength-clash-all-blacks-6527981
- Topics: UK, World

## Key points

- Scotland made sweeping changes for Saturday’s New Zealand Test.
- Huw Jones and Matt Fagerson return to the starting side.
- Top try scorers Darcy Graham and Duhan van der Merwe miss out.

## Summary

Scotland have named a near full-strength team to face New Zealand at Murrayfield on Saturday in the Nations Championship, making sweeping changes from their last Test. The selection signals the importance of the clash, with coach Gregor Townsend bringing back key players and making several close calls.

Only Gregor Brown and Rory Sutherland remain in the starting XV from Scotland’s 33-17 win over Fiji in July, with Brown moving to the second row. Huw Jones returns from injury to partner captain Sione Tuipulotu in midfield, Kyle Rowe is preferred to Blair Kinghorn at fullback, and Matt Fagerson returns from a groin injury. Scotland’s leading try scorers, Darcy Graham and Duhan van der Merwe, are absent from the matchday squad; 10 Glasgow Warriors players start.

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