Scots change one for Triple Crown challenge

head coach Vern Cotter has made one change to his starting line-up to face at Twickenham Stadium on Saturday.
back-row Hamish Watson returns to the front-line having started the opening two rounds of the . He takes the place of John Hardie who picked up a knee injury in the first half against last time out.
Uncapped clubmate Cornell Du Preez takes Watson's vacated place on the bench and will make his debut if called upon.
The Scots are seeking a first win at HQ since 1983 and a first Triple Crown since 1990, while England aim to equal 's record of 18-straight Test wins for a Tier-one nation.
Cotter, said: “We have another two games to go in this Championship and this next one is obviously pretty important. There's a lot to play for and several reasons why we should be able to get up for this game.
“We've rested, recovered and prepared as best we can for this game. We've asked some questions of ourselves and the areas we think we can improve and we're confident we can play better as a team. That's our next challenge, to step that up.
“The challenge is for us to combine the best parts of our performances so far in this campaign in to one excellent performance at Twickenham this Saturday.
“We'll need that to put us in a position to win this game and will enjoy the challenge of doing that against an England team that hasn't lost in a while.”
The re-selection of the Scotland back-three sees try-scorer against Wales, Tommy Seymour and Tim Visser, join forces with full-back Stuart Hogg, who will equal the record of former Scotland centre Jim Renwick as the most-capped player out of Hawick RFC with his 52nd cap.
Centre Alex Dunbar partners Huw Jones for the fourth match in succession while the Warriors half-back partnership of Finn Russell and Ali Price takes to the field once more.
In the pack an all- front-row of Gordon Reid, Fraser Brown and Zander Fagerson kick-off proceedings alongside returning second-row brothers Jonny and Richie Gray, with Watson joined by captain John Barclay and number 8 Ryan Wilson in the loose forwards.
Scotland: Stuart Hogg; Tommy Seymour, Huw Jones, Alex Dunbar, Tim Visser; Finn Russell, Ali Price; Gordon Reid, Fraser Brown, Zander Fagerson; Richie Gray, Jonny Gray; John Barclay (c), Hamish Watson, Ryan Wilson
Replacements: Ross Ford, Allan Dell, Simon Berghan, Tim Swinson, Cornell Du Preez, Henry Pyrgos, Duncan Weir, Mark Bennett.

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