Gregor Townsend confident Scotland can cope with loss of skipper Sione Tuipulotu

Tuipulotu will miss the Six Nations as he needs surgery to repair a pectoral muscle that was damaged in training with Glasgow Warriors.

Sione Tuipulotu has been ruled out of Scotland’s Six Nations through injury.Picture: Adam Davy/PA

Gregor Townsend insists Scotland have the depth to overcome the devastating loss of Sione Tuipulotu to injury for the entire Guinness Six Nations.

Tuipulotu, Scotland’s captain and star centre, must undergo surgery to repair a pectoral muscle that was damaged in training with Glasgow Warriors last week and is not expected to return until later in the season.