He will be joined by assistant coaches Ali O’Connor (Aberdeen Grammar) and Callum Forrester (GHA).

(kick-off 5:45pm GMT)[11] Forwards: Calvin Henderson (Marr), Craig Owenson (Musselburgh), Ewan Bulger (Marr), Ewan MacDougall (Selkirk), Fergus Scott (Currie Chieftains), Fraser Christie (Glasgow Hawks), Gary Strain (Glasgow Hawks), Graeme Carson (Currie Chieftains), Gregor Law (Jed-Forest), James Bett (Selkirk), Jamie Sole (Edinburgh Accies), Matty Carryer (Hawick), Michael Vernel (Currie Chieftains), Nat Coe (Aberdeen Grammar), Ollie Rossi (Marr), Rhys Davies (Currie Chieftains), Robin Cessford (Aberdeen Grammar), Shawn Muir (Hawick), Wallace Nelson (Currie Chieftains), William Farquhar (Marr).

Backs: Aaron McColm (Selkirk), Andrew Mitchell (Hawick), Calum Young (Jed-Forest), Colin Sturgeon (Marr), Conor Bickerstaff (Marr), Scott Bickerstaff (Marr), Grant Mollison (GHA), Greg Montgomery (Marr), Gregor Christie (Currie Chieftains), Gregor Hunter (Currie Chieftains), Jack Preston (Marr), Patrick Boyer (Glasgow Hawks), Richard Mill (Edinburgh Accies), Ryan Cottrell (Selkirk), Steven Hamilton (Currie Chieftains)[12] Scotland Club XV:[13] Backs: 15 Mike Adamson (Glasgow Hawks); 14 Mark Robertson (Melrose); 13 Jamie Murray (Melrose); 12 Stewart Smith (Glasgow Hawks); 11 Rory Couper (Boroughmuir); 10 Murray Strang (Glasgow Hawks); 9 Calum Cusiter (Boroughmuir) Forwards: 1 Bruce McNeil (Hawick); 2 Wayne Mitchell (Melrose); 3 Moray Low (Aberdeen GSFP); 4 Bruce MacFarlane (Stirling County); 5 Richard Maxton (Glasgow Hawks); 6 Tam McVie (Heriot's) CAPTAIN; 8 Andy Dunlop (Biggar); 7 Angus Martyn (Boroughmuir) Replacements: 16 David Cunningham (Boroughmuir); 17 Elliott McLaren (Biggar);18 Sandy Warnock (Glasgow Hawks);19 A Jamie Murray (Melrose); 20 Alasdhair McFarlane (Ayr); 21 Steven Duffy (Glasgow Hawks); 22 Richard Borthwick (Stewart's-Melville FP)

Replacements: Andrew Kelly (GHA) for Higgins (57 mins), Mark Cairns (Currie) for Martyn (69), Cameron Goodall (Heriot's) for Thompson (72).

Colin Goudie (Heriot's) Wales Clubs XV: Tom Botwood (Llantrisant); Tom Bonnell (Narberth) (rep: Gethin Davies (Brecon)), Steve Martin (Narberth), Matthew Lewis (Builth Wells, captain), Andrew Mead (Llangennech); Emyr Williams (Narberth) (rep: Michael Jones (Llantwit Fardre), Andrew Davies (Narberth) (rep: Glenn Holloway (Llantrisant); Alun Davies (Whitland), Gareth John (Pembroke) (rep: Anthony Payne (Caerrphilly), James Huntley (Rhiwbina) (rep: Matthew Petit (Caerphilly), Chris James (Narberth), Lee Williams (Newport Saracens) (rep: Kyle Coulter (Bridgend Ath)), Lee Edwards (Newport Saracens) (rep: Shaun Miles (Ammanford)), Colin Davies (Cardigan), Andrew Packer (Newport Saracens) Scotland Club XV:[18] Backs: Fraser Harkness (Selkirk); Colin Goudie (Heriot's), Malcolm Clapperton (Boroughmuir), Dougie Brown (Watsonians), Lee Jones (Selkirk); Scott Wight (Melrose), Alasdhair McFarlane (Ayr) Forwards: Alan Dymock (Heriot's), Pat MacArthur (Ayr), Elliot McLaren (West of Scotland), Damien Kelly (Ayr), Scott Sutherland (Ayr), John Dalziel (Melrose) (capt), Angus Martyn (Boroughmuir), Ross Weston (Currie).

SCOTLAND CLUB XV against Scotland U20: Fraser Harkness (Selkirk); Callum Anderson (Melrose), Jamie Murray (Melrose), James King (Melrose), Fraser Thomson (Melrose); Scott Wight (Melrose), Richard Snedden (Currie); Gordon Reid (Ayr), Scott Burnett (Heriot's), Alastair Hamilton (Currie), Damien Kelly (Ayr), Rory McKay (Glasgow Hawks), John Dalziel CAPTAIN (Melrose), Paul Burke (Ayr), Ross Weston (Currie) Replacements (all used)John Cox (Currie), Andy Reekie (Currie), Andy Dunlop (Ayr), Scott Sutherland (Ayr), Gregor Wood (Watsonians), Jamie Hunter (Ayr), Scott Hendrie (Selkirk), Andy MacMahon (Currie) SCOTLAND CLUB XV against Ireland Club XV:[19] Backs: Fraser Harkness (Selkirk); James Fleming (Dundee), Malcolm Clapperton (Boroughmuir), James King (Melrose), Fraser Thomson (Melrose); Scott Wight (Melrose), Richard Sneddon (Currie)Forwards: Gordon Reid (Ayr), Finlay Gillies (Heriot's), Alastair Hamilton (Currie), Damien Kelly (Ayr), Rory McKay (Glasgow Hawks), John Dalziel (Melrose) (capt), Mark Cairns (Currie), Ross Weston (Currie).

Replacements: Gregor Wood (Watsonians), Alan Dymock (Heriot's), Scott Sutherland (Ayr), Andrew Dunlop (Ayr), Graham Wilson (Heriot's), Andrew MacMahon (Currie), Cameron Fergus (Dundee).

France: S Mercier (ES Catalane); G Lavergne (Bobigny), A Frenet (Bourg-en-Bresse), J Lesgourgues (Tyrosse) (J-B Lafitte 40), S Sarthou (Saint Etienne); M Maillard (Valence d'Agen), G Dulay (Valence D'Agen) (B Lombarteaix (Monteux) 68); A Falieres (Montlucon), R Escudier (Perigeux) (F Cazalot (Lourdes) 49), N Mateos (Marmande-Casteljaloux), (N Kwarazfelia (Lavaur) 49) S Pinet (Orleans), M Ameur (Leucate) S Lassiasz (Montmelian 49), J Matheron (Monteux), L Lafitte (Tyrosse) (A Biscay (Niort) 63), F Soldan (Valence D'Agen).

Scotland Club XV squad against Ireland Club XV on 11 March 2011:[21] Backs: Tom Brown (Currie); Fraser Thomson (Melrose), Ross Curle (Ayr), Dean Kelbrick (Glasgow Hawks), Dougie Fife (Currie); Scott Wight (Melrose), Richard Sneddon (Currie)Forwards: Gordon Reid (Ayr), Eric Milligan (Glasgow Hawks), Bruce McNeil (Hawick), Damien Kelly (Ayr), Rory McKay (Glasgow Hawks), John Dalziel (Melrose) (capt), Rob Colhoun (Ayr), Ross Weston (Currie).

Replacements: Finlay Gillies (Currie), Alan Dymock (Heriot's), Nick Campbell (Glasgow Hawks), Andy Dunlop (Ayr), Andy Dymock (Dundee), Matt Scott (Currie), Harry Duthie (Dundee).

The side was:[22] Backs: Fraser Thomson (Melrose); C Anderson (Aberdeen Grammar), Ross Curle (Ayr), Dean Kelbrick (Glasgow Hawks), Dougie Fife (Currie); Lee Miller (Gala), A Black (Edinburgh Accies)Forwards: J Cox (Currie), S Crombie (Boroughmuir) (capt), Alan Brown (Dundee HSFP), Scott Sutherland (Ayr), Rory McKay (Glasgow Hawks), G Dodds (Melrose), Rob Colhoun (Ayr), R Weston (Currie)Replacements: G Holborn (Melrose) for Alan Brown, N Dymock (Dundee) for Cox, both 50mins, R Hawkins (Dundee) for Sutherland, A Rose (Boroughmuir) for Dodds, both 55, Fraser Brown (Heriot's) for Crombie, M Ward (Aberdeen Grammar) for Black, D Gilmour (Stirling County) for Kelbrick, all 65.

Against France Federale on 24 February 2012:[23][24] Backs: Harkness, C. Anderson (Aberdeen Grammar), Ross Curle (Ayr), Dean Kelbrick (Glasgow Hawks), Fraser Thomson (Melrose), Lee Millar (Gala), Richard Snedden (Currie)Forwards: Alan Dymock, S. Crombie (Boroughmuir), Alan Brown (Dundee HSFP), Rory McKay (Glasgow Hawks), Scott Sutherland (Ayr), G. Dodds (Melrose), R. Colhoun (Ayr), R. Weston (Currie)

Replacements: Fraser Brown, J. Cox (Currie), G. Holburn (Melrose), R. Hawkins (Dundee HSFP), A.

Forwards: Alex Allan (Edinburgh Accies), Fraser Brown (Heriot's), Kevin Bryce (Heriot's), Mark Cairns (Currie), Greg Campbell (Edinburgh Accies), Nick Cox (Ayr), Gary Graham (Gala), Jason Hill (Heriot's), Robin Hislop (Boroughmuir), Gary Holborn (Melrose), George Hunter (Ayr), Ewan McQuillin (Gala), Ross Miller (Melrose), Andrew Nagle (Melrose), Luke Pettie (Gala), Andy Redmayne (Dundee HSFP), Grant Runciman (Melrose), Scott Sutherland (Ayr), Jamie Swanson (Boroughmuir), Dan Teague (Edinburgh Accies) and Hamish Watson (Edinburgh Accies).

[27] Scotland Club XV: N Godsmark; E Oag, C Auld, J Steele, C Gossman; S Edwards, George Graham, R Sutherland, F Scott, E McQuillin, C Borthwick, M Douglas, A Nagle, J Hill, W Bordill.

Subs used: R Palomera, F Dupuy, K Kahn, J-B Cros, J-F Cruzalebes, H Dupont, R-E Samuel, A Etchegaray.

[28] The team on that day was: Backs: Fraser Thomson; Craig Gossman, Liam Steele, Ross Curle, Scott McLeod; Stuart Edwards, Graham Wilson;Forwards: Nick Beavon, R Anderson, S Cessford, Russell Nimmo, Iain Moody, Jason Hill, Will Bordill, Ross WestonReplacements: Fergus Scott for Anderson 56, Ewan McQuillin for Fagerson 50, Peter Eccles for Hill 75, Tommy Spinks for Weston 64, George Graham for Wilson 79 The Scotland Club XV played their English counterparts on 28 February 2015.

[34] The squad announced was: Backs: Jamie Forbes (Currie); Jordan Edmunds (Boroughmuir), Ross Curle (Stirling Co), Robbie Nelson (Currie), Craig Gossman (Ayr); Craig Jackson (Melrose), Charlie Shiel (Currie) Forwards: Shawn Muir (Hawick), Ross Graham (Watsonians), Steven Longwell (Ayr), Jack Turley (Heriots), Iain Moody (Melrose), Neil Irvine Hess (Melrose), Peter McCallum (Ayr), Grant Runciman (Melrose).

Replacements: Scott Bickerstaff (Marr), Murdo McAndrew (Melrose), David Armstrong (Ayr), N Fraser (Watsonians), Struan Cessford (Heriots), Johnny Matthews (Boroughmuir), Russell Anderson (Melrose), Hamish Bain (Currie), R Leishman (Stirling Co), Thomas Gordon (Currie), R Drummond (Watsonians) The Scotland Club XV squad for 2019 was:[35] Backs: Andrew Simmers (Heriot's), David Armstrong (Ayr), Murdo McAndrew (Melrose), Gregor Hunter (Currie), Frazier Climo (Ayr), Lee Armstrong (Hawick), Craig Jackson (Melrose), Robbie Nelson (Currie), Ewan McGarvie (Stirling), Danny McCluskey (Ayr), Craig Gossman (Boroughmuir), Fraser Thomson (Melrose), Jordan Edmonds (Boroughmuir), Kyle Rowe (Ayr), Ben Robbins (Currie), Jamie Forbes (Currie) Forwards: Shawn Muir (Hawick), Steven Longwell (Ayr), Struan Cessford (Heriot's), Ross Dunbar (Boroughmuir), Ross Graham (Watsonians), Russell Anderson (Melrose), Blair Macpherson (Ayr), Jamie Hodgson (Watsonians), Iain Moody (Melrose), Callum Aitkinson (Boroughmuir), Hamilton Burr (Stirling), Ruaridh Leishman (Heriot's), Grant Runciman (Melrose), Ian Wilson (Heriot's), Jack McLean (Heriot's), Neil Irvine-Hess (Melrose), Tommy Spinks (Ayr), Thomas Gordon (Currie).

The Scotland Club XV squad for 2020 was:[36] Forwards: Calvin Henderson (Marr), Craig Owenson (Musselburgh), Ewan Bulger (Marr), Ewan MacDougall (Selkirk), Fergus Scott (Currie Chieftains), Fraser Christie (Glasgow Hawks), Gary Strain (Glasgow Hawks), Graeme Carson (Currie Chieftains), Gregor Law (Jed-Forest), James Bett (Selkirk), Jamie Sole (Edinburgh Accies), Matty Carryer (Hawick), Michael Vernel (Currie Chieftains), Nat Coe (Aberdeen Grammar), Ollie Rossi (Marr), Rhys Davies (Currie Chieftains), Robin Cessford (Aberdeen Grammar), Shawn Muir (Hawick), Wallace Nelson (Currie Chieftains), William Farquhar (Marr), Backs: Aaron McColm (Selkirk), Andrew Mitchell (Hawick), Calum Young (Jed-Forest), Colin Sturgeon (Marr), Conor Bickerstaff (Marr), Scott Bickerstaff (Marr), Grant Mollison (GHA), Greg Montgomery (Marr), Gregor Christie (Currie Chieftains), Gregor Hunter (Currie Chieftains), Jack Preston (Marr), Patrick Boyer (Glasgow Hawks), Richard Mill (Edinburgh Accies), Ryan Cottrell (Selkirk), Steven Hamilton (Currie Chieftains)