Scotland's De Luca to start against England

Reuters

STARTING SPOT: Nick de Luca will start for Scotland for the first time in two years when they play England in the Six Nations rugby championship.

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Scotland coach Andy Robinson has made one change to the side for their Six Nations clash with England at Murrayfield.

Nick de Luca will start for the first time since 2008 at outside centre with Simon Danielli dropping to the bench. Max Evans moves to the left wing.

Robinson, who led England to nine wins in 22 matches before being sacked in November 2006, has seen Scotland lose all three matches in this campaign including a 16-12 defeat by Italy.

"The team has played some good rugby and we have been creating chances. We just need to take that next step and finish off a game," Robinson said on the Scottish Rugby website (www.scottishrugby.org).

"Max has been our most potent attacker and we also want to see Nick and the qualities that he can bring to this game." Scotland will be without scrum half Mike Blair and prop Alasdair Dickinson, who both suffered concussion in their weekend club matches. Alasdair Strokosch has an ankle injury.

Rory Lawson, Geoff Cross and Alan MacDonald have therefore been listed on the bench.

Scotland: 15-Hugo Southwell, 14-Sean Lamont, 13-Nick De Luca, 12-Graeme Morrison, 11-Max Evans, 10-Dan Parks, 9-Chris Cusiter (captain), 8-Johnnie Beattie, 7-John Barclay, 6-Kelly Brown, 5-Alastair Kellock, 4-Jim Hamilton, 3-Euan Murray, 2-Ross Ford, 1-Allan Jacobsen.

Replacements: 16-Scott Lawson, 17-Geoff Cross, 18-Nathan Hines, 19-Alan MacDonald, 20-Rory Lawson, 21-Phil Godman, 22-Simon Danielli.

- Reuters