Laidlaw Gets Call To Arms For Scotland

Edinburgh scrum-half Greig Laidlaw is in line to win his first Scotland cap in the EMC Autumn Test against New Zealand at Murrayfield on Saturday (kick-off 5.15pm), after it was confirmed that Rory Lawson’s hand injury will prevent the Gloucester man from taking up his intended place among the substitutes.Laidlaw will therefore be on the bench for the All Blacks clash, and told www.edinburghrugby.org of his delight at receiving his country’s call.Edinburgh scrum-half Greig Laidlaw is in line to win his first Scotland cap in the EMC Autumn Test against New Zealand at Murrayfield on Saturday (kick-off 5.15pm), after it was confirmed that Rory Lawson’s hand injury will prevent the Gloucester man from taking up his intended place among the substitutes.Laidlaw will therefore be on the bench for the All Blacks clash, and told www.edinburghrugby.org of his delight at receiving his country’s call.The Jed man said: It’s fantastic to have been given this opportunity and I can’t wait for Saturday to come round.There’s a genuine belief in the squad that we can win this game, and we’ll be going out of our way to give the supporters another positive performance and result.More than 53,000 tickets have been sold for Saturday’s game. The remaining seats can still be booked in three ways: via the Scottish Rugby website (www.scottishrugby.org); via the 24 hour phone line 0844 335 3933; or in person from the Scottish Rugby Ticket Centre, Gate A, Roseburn Street, Edinburgh.Please note there are no ticket sales on match day._ Website and phone line sales close at 12 midnight on Friday, while the Ticket Centre is open for personal purchasers from 9am-8pm, Monday to Friday this week.Tickets are priced at ?20, ?25 and ?45 for adults and ?10, ?12.50 and ?22.50 for under-18s.REVISED SCOTLAND TEAM FOR EMC AUTUMN TEST VS NEW ZEALAND, MURRAYFIELD STADIUM, SATURDAY 13 NOVEMBER, KICK-OFF 5.15PM15 Hugo Southwell (Stade Francais)14 Rory Lamont (Toulon)13 Max Evans (Glasgow Warriors)12 Graeme Morrison (Glasgow Warriors)11 Sean Lamont (Scarlets)10 Dan Parks (Cardiff Blues)9 Mike Blair (Edinburgh, CAPTAIN)1 Allan Jacobsen (Edinburgh)2 Ross Ford (Edinburgh)3 Euan Murray (Northampton Saints)4 Richie Gray (Glasgow Warriors)5 Jim Hamilton (Gloucester)6 Kelly Brown (Saracens)8 Richie Vernon (Glasgow Warriors)7 John Barclay (Glasgow Warriors)SUBSTITUTES16 Scott Lawson (Gloucester)17 Alasdair Dickinson (Gloucester)18 Nathan Hines (Leinster)19 Ross Rennie (Edinburgh)20 Greig Laidlaw (Edinburgh)21 Ruaridh Jackson (Glasgow Warriors)22 Nikki Walker (Ospreys)_