Scotland A Ready For Ireland
As the Scotland national team depart for Dublin ahead of their third RBS 6 Nations clash of 2008, the Scotland A team are gearing up for an exciting encounter against their Irish counterparts at McDiarmid Park in Perth on Friday night (22 February, kick-off 7:30pm). Scotland A coaches Andy Robinson and Sean Lineen have selected yet another talented 22 with the most notable inclusion being 29-year-old Roland Reid who features on the wing.As the Scotland national team depart for Dublin ahead of their third RBS 6 Nations clash of 2008, the Scotland A team are gearing up for an exciting encounter against their Irish counterparts at McDiarmid Park in Perth on Friday night (22 February, kick-off 7:30pm). Scotland A coaches Andy Robinson and Sean Lineen have selected yet another talented 22 with the most notable inclusion being 29-year-old Roland Reid who features on the wing. A versatile player that can play either on the wing or in the back-row, Reid enjoyed an impressive Scotland A debut back in 2000 where he started in the back-row for the 37-24 win against Samoa at McDiarmid Park before going on to win his first cap on the wing against Tonga in November 2001. On his selection, Reid said: It’s great to be back involved with the A team. I’ve got some great memories of my time playing at this level and McDiarmid Park is where I first pulled on an ‘A’ shirt so it’s pretty exciting to be heading back up there on Friday. Looking ahead to the game, Robinson added: I was really impressed with how the players responded when we first got together and we’ve continued to progress in training. The game against Italy saw us front up to a very powerful side and post a good result so we’re looking to continue in that vein in front of a home crowd up at McDiarmid Park. Scotland A team to play Ireland A at McDiarmid Park, Perth, on Friday 22 February (kick-off 7:30pm) 15 Calum MacRae (Edinburgh) * 14 Simon Danielli (Ulster) 13 Ben Cairns (Edinburgh) 12 Graeme Morrison (Glasgow Warriors) 11 Roland Reid (Edinburgh) 10 Phil Godman (Edinburgh) 9 Rory Lawson (Gloucester) CAPTAIN * 1 Alasdair Dickinson (Gloucester) * 2 Dougie Hall (Glasgow Warriors) 3 Moray Low (Glasgow Warriors) 4 Mark Rennie (Burgoin) 5 Alastair Kellock (Glasgow Warriors) * 6 Dave Callam (Edinburgh) * 7 Alan MacDonald (Edinburgh) * 8 Johnnie Beattie (Glasgow Warriors) * Substitutes 16 Scott Lawson (Sale Sharks) * 17 Craig Smith (Edinburgh) 18 Craig Hamilton (Edinburgh) 19 James Eddie (Glasgow Warriors) 20 Mark McMillan (Wasps) * 21 Gordon Ross (Saracens) 22 Max Evans (Glasgow Warriors) * = Member of Scottish Institute of Sport Tickets to the game are priced at£10 for adults and£5 for concessions (under 18s, students & OAPs) and can be purchased by calling the Ticket Hotline on 0131 346 5100 or by logging onto www.scottishrugby.org Supporters who buy their ticket for the Scotland A game before midday on Friday (22 February) will be automatically entered into a ballot to win the opportunity to buy tickets to Scotland’s Calcutta Cup clash at Murrayfield which takes place on Saturday 8 March (kick-off 3:15pm).
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