Captain Jason White and scrum-half Mike Blair return from injury and the match also sees Chris Paterson starting an international at stand-off for the first time since the French visited Murrayfield three years ago. Saturday will be Paterson's 75th cap, the fourth Scot to reach that landmark. 

Scotland head coach Frank Hadden said: "Inevitably much will be read into this selection given the proximity to the Rugby World Cup and the trimming of our squad next Tuesday to the final 30 who will be on duty for the tournament.

"But what's uppermost in my mind, as ever, is picking a team to win an international match as we look to generate momentum going into the World Cup."

Scotland team (sponsor The Famous Grouse) to play Ireland in the Bank of Scotland Corporate August Test at Murrayfield on Saturday 11 August (kick-off 2.30pm): 

15 Rory Lamont (Sale Sharks)
14 Sean Lamont (Northampton Saints)
13 Rob Dewey (Ulster Rugby)
12 Andrew Henderson (Glasgow Warriors)
11 Simon Webster (Edinburgh Rugby)
10 Chris Paterson (Gloucester)
9 Mike Blair (Edinburgh Rugby)
1 Allan Jacobsen (Edinburgh Rugby)
2 Ross Ford (Glasgow Warriors)
3 Euan Murray (Northampton Saints)
4 Nathan Hines (Perpignan)
5 Jim Hamilton (Leicester Tigers)
6 Jason White (Sale Sharks) CAPTAIN
7 Allister Hogg (Edinburgh Rugby)
8 Simon Taylor (Stade Francais)

Substitutes:
16 Fergus Thomson (Glasgow Warriors)
17 Craig Smith (Edinburgh Rugby)
18 Scott MacLeod (Llanelli Scarlets)
19 Kelly Brown (Glasgow Warriors)
20 Chris Cusiter (Perpignan)
21 Dan Parks (Glasgow Warriors)
22 Hugo Southwell (Edinburgh Rugby)