Scots make four changes for NZ clash

Scotland coach Ian McGeechan has called New Zealand-born Brendan Laney into his side at full-back to play the All Blacks at Murrayfield…

Scotland coach Ian McGeechan has called New Zealand-born Brendan Laney into his side at full-back to play the All Blacks at Murrayfield on Saturday.

Laney, who qualifies through his Scottish-born grandmother, arrived in Scotland only 10 days ago to begin a contract with Edinburgh Rugby.

He played for Scotland A against the All Blacks on Tuesday.

McGeechan has made three other changes to the team that started the 25-16 defeat by Argentina last Sunday.

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Jon Steel comes in on the right wing for Cammy Murray, Chris Paterson returns on the left wing for Roland Reid and in the pack Gordon Simpson is at number eight for the injured Jon Petrie.

Team: 15-Brendan Laney (Edinburgh); 14-Jon Steel (Glagow), 13-James McLaren (Glasgow), 12-John Leslie (Newcastle Falcons), 11-Chis Paterson (Edinburgh); 10-Gregor Townsend (Castres), 9-Andy Nicol (Glasgow); 8-Gordon Simpson (Glasgow), 7-Andrew Mower (Newcastle Falcons), 6-Jason White (Glasgow), 5-Stuart Grimes (Newcastle Falcons), 4-Scott Murray (Saracens), 3-Mattie Stewart (Northampton Saints), 2-Gordon Bulloch (Glasgow), 1-Tom Smith (Northampton Saints, captain)

Replacements - 16-Steve Scott (Edinburgh), 17-George Graham (Newcastle Falcons), 18-Ian Fullarton (Sale Sharks), 19-Simon Taylor (Edinburgh), 20-Graeme Burns (Edinburgh), 21-Gordon Ross (Edinburgh), 22-Andrew Henderson (Glasgow)-Reuters