Thomson to make Scotland start

Hooker Fergus Thomson will make his first start for Scotland in Saturday’s RBS 6 Nations wooden-spoon decider against Italy in Rome.

Tue, 11 Mar, 2008 - 12:43

Hooker Fergus Thomson will make his first start for Scotland in Saturday’s RBS 6 Nations wooden-spoon decider against Italy in Rome.

The Glasgow Warriors star comes in for Ross Ford after the Edinburgh number two suffered ankle ligament damage in Saturday’s Calcutta Cup triumph at Murrayfield.

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Courts Rugby Heathrow Place: Rome Place: Murrayfield Place: Stadio Flaminio Person: Thomson Person: Fergus Thomson Person: Ross Ford Person: Simon Danielli Person: Rory Lamont Person: Iain Balshaw Person: Frank Hadden Person: Hadden Person: H Southwell Person: S Danielli Person: S Webster Person: G Morrison Person: N Walker Person: C Paterson Person: M Blair Person: A Jacobsen Person: F Thomson Person: E Murray Person: N Hines Person: S MacLeod Person: A Strokosch Person: S Taylor Person: A Hogg Person: S Lawson Person: Sale Person: A Dickinson Person: C Smith Person: J White Person: K Brown Person: R Lawson Person: D Parks Event: RBS 6 Event: Calcutta Cup Organisation: Italy Organisation: Scotland Organisation: Glasgow Warriors Organisation: England Organisation: Edinburgh Organisation: Ulster Organisation: Ospreys Organisation: Gloucester Organisation: Northampton Organisation: Perpignan Organisation: Llanelli Scarlets Organisation: Stade Francais

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