Nice welcome: Ben Healy and Scotland welcomed to France ahead of World Cup opener

The Tipperary native is a part of Gregor Townsend's squad.

SUITED AND BOOTED: The Scotland squad braved testing conditions for their official welcome in Nice.

Tipperary’s Ben Healy saw his World Cup dream move ever closer on Monday afternoon when he was part of a Scotland team to receive their official tournament caps at a ceremony in their south-coast base of Nice.

The former Munster out-half, who qualifies for Scotland through his Scottish-born mother Maria, has made the 33-man squad as deputy to Finn Russell at out-half and he is all but guaranteed to feature at a number of points in proceedings in Pool B.