Six Nations: Pountney returns - but not as skipper

Scotland back row forward Budge Pountney will return for Scotland in the Lloyds TSB Six Nations clash with Ireland - but he will not be handed back the captain’s armband.

Pountney has been named in Ian McGeechan’s squad to face the Irish at Lansdowne Road on March 2 but Bryan Redpath retains the captaincy after leading the Scots to victory in Italy.