Scotland head coach Gregor Townsend has made three changes to his starting XV for their final clash of the Six Nations campaign, against Ireland at the Aviva Stadium.<\/p>\n
The Triple Crown decider also sees both nations still in the hunt for Championship glory, but that relies on France coming unstuck against England on Saturday night.<\/p>\n
Injuries have ruled out Gregor Brown and Scott Cummings in the second-row, so in come Max Williamson and Grant Gilchrist, with the latter set to win an 88th cap and break Scott Murray\u2019s all-time Scottish international appearance record in the position.<\/p>\n
Change at tighthead<\/p>\n
Zander Fagerson also comes in to start at tighthead prop, having been a replacement in last weekend\u2019s thrilling Six Nations<\/a> win over France. He is joined in the front-row by loosehead Pierre Schoeman and hooker George Turner.<\/p>\n Scotland<\/a>\u2018s back-row remains unchanged with Glasgow Warriors trio Matt Fagerson (blindside flanker), vice-captain Rory Darge (openside) and number eight Jack Dempsey linking up for the third time in this year\u2019s competition.<\/p>\n Townsend<\/a> has named an unchanged back division from the one that combined to such effect against France, with last week\u2019s Player of the Match Kyle Steyn joining fellow double try-scorer Darcy Graham, who took his tally to 37 to top Scotland\u2019s all-time men\u2019s list.<\/p>\n Blair Kinghorn is once more named at full-back, with captain Sione Tuipulotu and Huw Jones forming the centre partnership for the fifth straight Championship match.<\/p>\n Six Nations 2026: What Ireland, France and Scotland need to win the title plus fixtures, broadcasters and match officials<\/a><\/p>\n Scrum-half Ben White is named alongside vice-captain and fly-half Finn Russell, ensuring that the same half-backs have also started each of Scotland\u2019s matches in this year\u2019s competition.<\/p>\n Among the replacements, there are first involvements of 2026 for second-row Alex Craig, back row Magnus Bradbury and Kyle Rowe, who will cover the back-three positions.<\/p>\n D\u2019arcy Rae reverts to the bench having started last week, with the remaining substitutes \u2013 hooker Ewan Ashman, loosehead prop Rory Sutherland, scrum-half George Horne and fly-half\/centre Tom Jordan \u2013 undertaking the same roles as in the previous penultimate round of fixtures.<\/p>\n