Six Nations: Scotland ready to challenge Italy in Rome

Scotland's head coach Gregor Townsend has announced that he will face Italy next Saturday at the Olimpico on the third day of the Six Nations rugby tournament. Three changes have been made compared to England's 6-13 home formation, with the second center Harris, the second line Toolis and the hooker McInally on the field from the beginning after leaving the bench in the match that awarded the Calcutta Cup to XV of the Rose. "Italy is always a very tough opponent, especially in Rome where we know they will try to play with a lot of energy - said Towsend -. It is an Italy different from the one challenged in the past. In the first two days, they showed that they had great ambitions and have chosen performing athletes who want to play the ball, suitable type of game they want to propose and play at high intensity ".

This is the formation of Scotland: 15 Hogg. 14 Maitland, 13 Harris, 12 Johnson, 11 Kinghorn, 10 Hastings, 9 Price, 8 Bradbury, 7 Watson, 6 Ritchie, 5 Cummings, 4 Toolis, 3 Fagerson, 2 McInally, 1 Sutherland (16 Brown, 17 Dell, 18 Nel , 19. Gilchrist, 20 Fagerson, 21 Horne, 22 Hutchinson, 23 McGuigan).