Rugby World Cup quarter-final: Australia v Scotland |
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Date: Sunday, 18 October Venue: Twickenham, London Kick-off: 16:00 BST |
Coverage: Listen on BBC Radio Scotland & BBC Radio 5 live; live text coverage on BBC Sport website |
Peter Horne and Blair Cowan have been drafted into Scotland's
line-up for Sunday's Rugby World Cup quarter-final against Australia at
Twickenham.
Horne takes over from Matt Scott at inside centre and Cowan replaces Ryan Wilson at blind-side flanker.
Fraser Brown is in for Ross Ford while Jonny Gray makes way for Tim Swinson.
Hooker Ford and lock Gray have been suspended for three weeks for tackles against Samoa but Scottish Rugby have challenged the length of those bans.
The outcome of those appeals are due to be announced on Saturday.
The suspensions were announced on Tuesday and the appeals were lodged on Thursday, a day after the full written judgment to Scottish Rugby.
Edinburgh Rugby prop Rory Sutherland has been drafted into the squad for Rugby World Cup 2015 as an injury replacement for Ryan Grant.
The Scots won their first two games but lost to South Africa before sealing a narrow 36-33 victory over Samoa on Saturday.
Commenting on his selection, head coach Vern Cotter said: "These guys are competitors.
"It's a great challenge to get a sportsman to play one of the best teams in world rugby. The focus is to win. That's the mentality we're taking.
"[Australia] are the form team and the favourites, not only to beat us but to go on and win the World Cup.
"We've got things that we can throw at them and upset them. We're going to move forward and have a real go at them.
"It's always nice to be part of the final eight of any qualifying competition, the guys are very excited about being here.
"They are a front-foot momentum team so defence will be key but also getting our hands on the ball and expressing ourselves as we like to."
Captain Greig Laidlaw insists Scotland are not just there to "make up the numbers" on Sunday.
"We're not just going to sit back and let Australia come and play at us," said the 30-year-old.
"We're solely fixed on putting in our best performance when we take that field. If we do that we believe we can be in the hunt."
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