Scots name 25-man squad

SCOTLAND have named a squad of 25 players from which the team to play Ireland in Saturday’s RBS 6 Nations Championship match in Croke Park at 5pm will be chosen today.

The squad trained yesterday afternoon at Murrayfield with four players missing out on the practice.

Chris Paterson (Gloucester) and Jim Hamilton (Leicester) were resting in light of starting for their clubs in

Guinness Premiership matches on Sunday afternoon.

Jason White (Sale Sharks) continues to make progress from the head knock he sustained against Wales but was not yet ready to resume contact training yesterday, while his fellow forward John Barclay (Glasgow Warriors) was also on the touchline having injured his hand at the weekend. He is expected to resume training today.

SCOTLAND squad: Backs: M Blair (Edinburgh), C Cusiter (Perpignan), N De Luca (Edinburgh), A Henderson (Glasgow Warriors), R Lamont (Sale Sharks), D Parks (Glasgow Warriors), C Paterson (Gloucester), H Southwell (Edinburgh), N Walker (Ospreys), S Webster (Edinburgh)

Forwards: J Barclay, K Brown (both Glasgow Warriors), R Ford (Edinburgh), J Hamilton (Leicester Tigers), N Hines (Perpignan), A Hogg, A Jacobsen (both Edinburgh), A Kellock (Glasgow Warriors), G Kerr (Edinburgh), S MacLeod (Llanelli Scarlets), E Murray (Northampton Saints), R Rennie (Edinburgh), A Strokosch (Gloucester), F Thomson (Glasgow Warriors), J White (Sale Sharks).