Northampton Saints’ Rory Hutchinson is set to start for Scotland this weekend, as they face South Africa on Saturday (11 July, kick-off: 4.40pm UK time).
The centre helped power Scotland to their opening win of the Nations Championship, where Scotland defeated Argentina 38-47 in Round 1.
And Hutchinson retains his starting spot in Scotland’s midfield as they travel to Loftus Versfeld on Saturday, earning a 13th cap in the process.
SCOTLAND TEAM TO FACE SOUTH AFRICA
Nations Championship, Round 2
Saturday 11 July, 2026
Loftus Versfeld
Kick-off: 4.40pm
15 Kyle Rowe (Glasgow Warriors, 18 caps)
14 Kyle Steyn (Glasgow Warriors, 34 caps) – vice captain
13 Rory Hutchinson (Northampton Saints, 12 caps)
12 Sione Tuipulotu (Glasgow Warriors, 39 caps) – captain
11 Jamie Dobie (Glasgow Warriors, 20 caps)
10 Finn Russell (Bath Rugby, 94 caps)
9. Ben White (RC Toulon, 37 caps)
1 Pierre Schoeman (Edinburgh Rugby, 50 caps)
2. Ewan Ashman (Edinburgh Rugby, 36 caps)
3. Zander Fagerson (Glasgow Warriors, 82 caps)
4. Gregor Brown (Glasgow Warriors, 17 caps)
5. Scott Cummings (Glasgow Warriors, 50 caps)
6. Matt Fagerson (Glasgow Warriors, 65 caps)
7. Rory Darge (Glasgow Warriors, 40 caps) – vice captain
8. Jack Dempsey (Toshiba Brave Lupus, 34 caps)
Replacements:
16. Gregor Hiddleston (Glasgow Warriors, 1 caps)
17. Rory Sutherland (Glasgow Warriors, 49 caps)
18. Will Hurd (Leicester Tigers, 10 caps)
19. Alex Samuel (Glasgow Warriors, 4 caps)
20. Josh Bayliss (Bath Rugby, 16 caps)
21. Magnus Bradbury (Edinburgh Rugby, 22 caps)
22. Tom Jordan (Bristol Bears, 18 caps)
23. Stafford McDowall (Glasgow Warriors, 16 caps)