Warriors Get Scotland Call
Moray LowNine Glasgow Warriors players have been sent the best text message of the year notifying them of their inclusion in the Scotland training camp as Frank Hadden sets his sights on the 2008 RBS 6 Nations Championship.The 35-man squad includes Glasgow’s young prop Moray Low and the three Killer Bees John Barclay, Johnnie Beattie and Kelly Brown.Alastiar Kellock will also join his team-mates alongside hooker Fergus Thomson and backs Dan Parks, Thom Evans and Graeme Morrison.Andrew Henderson has been invited to attend the session as he continues his rehabilitation of a knee injury.Head coach Hadden also confirmed today that Sale Sharks and former Glasgow back-row forward Jason White would continue as Scotland captain, the role that he first took on in the 2005 Autumn Tests.Hadden said: I continue to be impressed with the competition for places in the squad._ A number of players have maintained their good form from the World Cup but they are going to be pushed extremely hard by some of our young, up and coming talent in the next few weeks.Scotland squad for training at Murrayfield on Monday 14 January:Backs – Mike Blair* Ben Cairns * (both Edinburgh), Chris Cusiter (Perpignan)*, Simon Danielli (Ulster), Nick De Luca (Edinburgh), Thom Evans (Glasgow Warriors), Phil Godman (Edinburgh), Rory Lamont (Sale Sharks), Rory Lawson (Gloucester)*, Calum MacRae (Edinburgh), Graeme Morrison, Dan Parks (both Glasgow Warriors), Chris Paterson (Gloucester), Hugo Southwell (Edinburgh), Nikki Walker (The Ospreys), Simon Webster (Edinburgh)Forwards – John Barclay*, Johnnie Beattie*, Kelly Brown* (all Glasgow Warriors), Dave Callam (Edinburgh)*, Alasdair Dickinson (Gloucester)*, Ross Ford (Edinburgh)*, Jim Hamilton (Leicester Tigers), Nathan Hines (Perpignan), Allister Hogg*, Allan Jacobsen (both Edinburgh), Alastair Kellock (Glasgow Warriors)*, Gavin Kerr (Edinburgh), Moray Low (Glasgow Warriors), Scott MacLeod (Llanelli Scarlets), Euan Murray (Northampton Saints)*, Ross Rennie (Edinburgh)*, Alasdair Strokosch (Gloucester)*, Fergus Thomson (Glasgow Warriors)* and Jason White (Sale Sharks) CAPTAINInjured but invited to the training sessionAndrew Henderson (Glasgow Warriors) – knee injury; Simon Taylor (Stade Francais) – thumb injury; and Rob Dewey (Ulster) – knee injury* = Member of Scottish Institute of Sport