Evans Brothers Start Together For Scotland

Glasgow Warriors brothers, Thom and Max Evans, will become the 20th set of siblings to play for Scotland at the same time having already become the 45th pair to play for Scotland when Max took the field against Canada in the autumn.Glasgow Warriors brothers, Thom and Max Evans, will become the 20th set of siblings to play for Scotland at the same time having already become the 45th pair to play for Scotland when Max took the field against Canada in the autumn.Scotland’s team for Saturday’s RBS 6 Nations Championship match against France in Paris shows five changes from that which lost to Wales last weekend.Elsewhere in the backs, Simon Danielli returns to win his 17th cap instead of the injured Simon Webster.Up front Alasdair Dickinson will make his first Six Nations start in place of the injured Geoff Cross at tight-head prop and his Gloucester team-mate Alasdair Strokosch is preferred to Allister Hogg at blindside flanker.On the bench, Moray Low, the 24-year-old Glasgow prop, is included in a Scotland 22 for the first time.The Evans brothers, both making their first start in the Six Nations Championship, were delighted with their call-up.Max, the elder at 25, said : It was my aim to get a good run off the bench and push for a start throughout the Six Nations.Because of my performance against Wales, I thought I’d be in with a chance. Ive taken a lot of confidence from the impact I made in the Wales game and also from Glasgow’s win over Toulouse in France.It’s been my dream to start an international with Thom ever since I came to Scotland.Thom, who won his first cap on the tour of Argentina last summer, added: It’s a massive achievement to get my first start in the Six Nations and I hope I can help the team improve on last weekend and put in a better performance.Both Max and I moved to Glasgow with a view to playing for Scotland in honour of our late Grandfather, Fred Thom, and Im sure he would be very proud when we take the field together this weekend.Scotland coach Frank Hadden added: We all know that the supporters demand and deserve better than the performance against Wales and they are determined to do that against France.Im happy with the quality of the side who are very aware of the need to perform better given the tough challenge that’s facing us on Saturday.Scotland team (sponsor Murray) to play France in the RBS 6 Nations Championship on Saturday 28 February at the Stade de France, Paris, kick-off 3pm GMT15 Hugo Southwell (Edinburgh)14 Simon Danielli (Ulster)13 Max Evans (Glasgow Warriors)12 Graeme Morrison (Glasgow Warriors)11 Thom Evans (Glasgow Warriors)10 Phil Godman (Edinburgh)9 Mike Blair (Edinburgh) CAPTAIN1 Allan Jacobsen (Edinburgh)2 Ross Ford (Edinburgh)3 Alasdair Dickinson (Gloucester)4 Jason White (Sale Sharks)5 Jim Hamilton (Edinburgh)6 Alasdair Strokosch (Gloucester)7 John Barclay (Glasgow Warriors)8 Simon Taylor (Stade Francais)Substitutes16 Dougie Hall (Glasgow Warriors)17 Moray Low (Glasgow Warriors)18 Kelly Brown (Glasgow Warriors)19 Scott Gray (Glasgow Warriors)20 Chris Cusiter (Perpignan)21 Chris Paterson (Edinburgh)22 Nick De Luca (Edinburgh)Travelling with the party: 23 Alastair Kellock and 24 Dan Parks – both of Glasgow Warriors.Not considered due to injury: Dave Callam (Edinburgh), Geoff Cross (Edinburgh), Nathan Hines (Perpignan), Rory Lamont (Sale Sharks), Matt Mustchin (Edinburgh), Ross Rennie (Edinburgh), Nikki Walker (Ospreys), Simon Webster (Edinburgh)Referee: George Clancy (Ireland)._ Touch-judges: Wayne Barnes (England) and Tim Hayes (Wales)._ TMO: Guilio de Santis (Italy)