Harlequins fly-half James Lang and Edinburgh utility back Darcy Graham have been added to the Scotland squad for their end-of-year Tests.
23-year-old Lang made his first and second Scotland appearances on the summer tour earlier this year as part of the side that defeated Canada and Argentina in Edmonton and Resistencia.
Lang has been drafted in as a replacement for injured Glasgow Warriors centre Sam Johnson, who sustained a knee injury in his club’s narrow PRO14 loss to Munster in Limerick on Saturday, and as cover for Edinburgh centre Matt Scott, who is suffering from concussion.
Meanwhile, the status of uncapped and in-form Graham has been elevated from ‘training with’ the squad, to a full squad member.
The 21-year-old product of Hawick RFC and the Fosroc Scottish Rugby Academy is an accomplished back three player, having shone for Scotland U20 and Scotland Sevens.
He joined Edinburgh in February last year but a knee injury curtailed his early involvement. However, he returned to form with the abbreviated side – impressing at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games – and has gone on to be a standout performer in his club’s 2018/19 PRO14 and Heineken Champions Cup campaigns.
The Scotland medical team also confirmed that back-row trio Magnus Bradbury, David Denton and Luke Crosbie (who was training with the squad) will return to the care of their clubs’ medical teams for further care and assessment on shoulder, head and jaw injuries respectively.
Gregor Townsend’s side will face their Six Nations rivals, Wales, in Cardiff on Saturday, November 3 and contest the ‘Doddie Weir Cup’, as both teams honour the former Scotland and British & Irish Lions player who has been diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease, and support his inspiring work to raise funds for MND research.
The game will provide Test-level build-up for the Scots’ own 2018 end-of-year Tests at Murrayfield, with capacity crowds confirmed for the opening Test against Fiji (Saturday, November 10) and South Africa (November 17) with the Argentina crowd close behind.