Five restored to Scotland line-up to face Samoa

Scotland have made five personnel changes and one positional switch for Friday's final tour match against Samoa (09:05 BST).

Arron Reed
Arron Reed will win his fourth Scotland cap [SNS]

Scotland have made five personnel changes and one positional switch for Friday's final tour match against Samoa at Eden Park, Auckland (09:05 BST).

Kyle Steyn moves from left to right wing as Arron Reed comes in at 11 while Rory Hutchinson and Stafford McDowall make up a new centre partnership.

In the pack, Gregor Brown comes into the second row and Andy Onyeama-Christie takes over at blindside flanker.

Darcy Graham was red carded in Saturday's loss to Fiji while Tom Jordan and Jamie Ritchie had been ruled out of Friday's Test. Lock Marshall Sykes drops to the bench while Cameron Redpath misses out.

Loosehead prop Rory Sutherland and hooker Ewan Ashman will join up with the British and Irish Lions squad touring Australia after featuring against Samoa.

Gregor Townsend's Scots beat Maori All Blacks 29-26 in Whangarei before last weekend's 29-14 defeat in Suva.

Scotland XI to face Samoa

Scotland: Kyle Rowe, Kyle Steyn, Rory Hutchinson, Stafford McDowall, Arron Reed, Fergus Burke, Jamie Dobie; Rory Sutherland, Ewan Ashman, Elliot Millar Mills, Gregor Brown, Grant Gilchrist, Andy Onyeama, Rory Darge (capt), Matt Fagerson.

Replacements: George Turner, Nathan McBeth, Fin Richardson, Cameron Henderson, Marshall Sykes, Ben Muncaster, George Horne, Adam Hastings.

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