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Africa-Press<\/a> – South-Africa<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>EDINBURGH \u2013 Mercurial flyhalf Finn Russell returns to the Scotland team in one of four changes made by coach Gregor Townsend on Wednesday for Friday’s Six nations finale against France.<\/p>\n

Russell, who plays his club rugby in France, missed the runaway 52-10 win over Italy at Murrayfield last weekend because of concussion but his presence at stand-off will come as a boost to Scottish hopes of an upset triumph at the Stade de France, where their hosts are seeking to secure the championship.<\/p>\n

Ali Price returns at scrum-half to partner Russell, while Chris Harris is back at centre and George Turner at hooker.<\/p>\n

ALSO READ: France’s ‘decathlete’ Bernard Le Roux back for Six Nations decider<\/p>\n

Price replaces Scott Steele, Harris comes in for Huw Jones and Turner for David Cherry, despite the latter scoring two tries in his first start against the Italians. All three were named among the replacements.<\/p>\n

Captain Stuart Hogg moves to his more familiar role at full-back having played at stand-off in the record win over Italy, replacing Sean Maitland, who was not selected for the trip because of a restriction on the number of English-based players that Scotland could pick for the re-arranged game, which falls outside of the window for international rugby.<\/p>\n

“The match against France provides us with an opportunity to finish the Six Nations in our highest position in its history,” said Townsend.<\/p>\n

ALSO READ: France’s Paul Willemse out of Scotland Six Nations title-decider after Wales red card<\/p>\n

“Both teams have needed to manage a short six-day turnaround and we have used this week to regroup and focus on putting in our best performance of the competition so far, which we will need to deliver if we are to leave Paris with a victory.”<\/p>\n

Team:<\/b><\/p>\n

15. Stuart Hogg (Exeter Chiefs) 84 caps 14. Darcy Graham (Edinburgh) – 18 caps 13. Chris Harris (Gloucester) \u2013 27 caps 12. Sam Johnson (Glasgow Warriors) – 17 caps 11. Duhan van der Merwe (Edinburgh) – 9 caps 10. Finn Russell (Racing 92)\u2013 54 caps 9. Ali Price (Glasgow Warriors) \u2013 41 caps 1. Rory Sutherland (Edinburgh) \u2013 15 caps 2. George Turner (Glasgow Warriors) \u2013 16 caps 3. Zander Fagerson (Glasgow Warriors) \u2013 37 caps 4. Sam Skinner (Exeter Chiefs) \u2013 11 caps 5. Grant Gilchrist (Edinburgh) \u2013 44 caps 6. Jamie Ritchie (Edinburgh)\u2013 26 caps 7. Hamish Watson (Edinburgh) \u2013 40 caps 8. Matt Fagerson (Glasgow Warriors) \u2013 13 caps<\/p>\n

Replacements:<\/b><\/p>\n

16. David Cherry (Edinburgh) \u2013 4 caps 17. Oli Kebble (Glasgow Warriors) \u2013 7 caps 18. Simon Berghan (Edinburgh) \u2013 30 caps 19. Alex Craig (Gloucester) \u2013 1 cap 20. Nick Haining (Edinburgh) \u2013 7 caps 21. Scott Steele (Harlequins) \u2013 4 caps 22. Adam Hastings (Glasgow Warriors) \u2013 22 caps 23. Huw Jones (Glasgow Warriors) \u2013 30 caps<\/p>\n

Reuters<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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