Munster fly-half Ben Healy is one of four uncapped players named by Gregor Townsend in Scotland’s squad for the 2023 Guinness Six Nations.
Healy, who will join Edinburgh in the summer, is joined by Bath wing Ruaridh McConnochie – who represented England at the 2019 World Cup – among the new faces, along with Glasgow Warriors centre Stafford McDowall and Leicester Tigers lock Cameron Henderson.
Elsewhere, experienced pair Sean Maitland and Huw Jones make their returns to the international fold having last featured in the 2021 Championship.
Maitland is rewarded for his good form in a Saracens shirt while Jones has impressed since returning to Glasgow Warriors last summer.
Jamie Ritchie captains the squad and former skipper Stuart Hogg could bring up his century in this year’s Championship, the full-back currently sitting on 96 caps.
Zander Fagerson, currently out of action with a hamstring injury, is included in the squad but there is no place at this stage for Darcy Graham, who picked up a knee injury in early December.
Scotland begin their campaign with a trip to Twickenham on February 4 as they look to keep the Calcutta Cup in their possession.
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Townsend said: “It’s a very exciting time with the Guinness Six Nations around the corner.
“We have a three-day camp next week and then ahead of the England game, we will travel to Spain.
“We went on this camp three years ago before we played Ireland and it was a successful week in terms of bringing the squad together and putting a very good performance in. That’s the plan again this year.”
Scotland squad for the 2023 Guinness Six Nations
Forwards
Ewan Ashman (Sale Sharks) 6 caps
Josh Bayliss (Bath Rugby) 3 caps
Simon Berghan (Glasgow Warriors) 31 caps
Jamie Bhatti (Glasgow Warriors) 25 caps
Fraser Brown (Glasgow Warriors) 57 caps
Dave Cherry (Edinburgh Rugby) 8 caps
Andy Christie (Saracens) 4 caps
Luke Crosbie (Edinburgh Rugby) 2 caps
Jack Dempsey (Glasgow Warriors) 4 caps
Matt Fagerson (Glasgow Warriors) 28 caps
Zander Fagerson (Glasgow Warriors) 54 caps
Grant Gilchrist (Edinburgh Rugby) 59 caps
Jonny Gray (Exeter Chiefs) 72 caps
Richie Gray (Glasgow Warriors) 69 caps
Cameron Henderson (Leicester Tigers) uncapped
WP Nel (Edinburgh Rugby) 50 caps
Jamie Ritchie (Edinburgh Rugby) – CAPTAIN – 36 caps
Pierre Schoeman (Edinburgh Rugby) 16 caps
Javan Sebastian (Scarlets) 3 caps
Sam Skinner (Edinburgh Rugby) 23 caps
Rory Sutherland (Ulster Rugby) 22 caps
George Turner (Glasgow Warriors) 29 caps
Hamish Watson (Edinburgh Rugby) 54 caps
Backs
Chris Harris (Gloucester Rugby) 39 caps
Ben Healy (Munster Rugby) uncapped
Stuart Hogg (Exeter Chiefs) 96 caps
George Horne (Glasgow Warriors) 18 caps
Huw Jones (Glasgow Warriors) 31 caps
Blair Kinghorn (Edinburgh Rugby) 38 caps
Sean Maitland (Saracens) 53 caps
Ruaridh McConnochie (Bath Rugby) uncapped
Stafford McDowall (Glasgow Warriors) uncapped
Ali Price (Glasgow Warriors) 58 caps
Cameron Redpath (Bath Rugby) 4 caps
Finn Russell (Racing 92) 65 caps
Ollie Smith (Glasgow Warriors) 2 caps
Kyle Steyn (Glasgow Warriors) 5 caps
Sione Tuipulotu (Glasgow Warriors) 11 caps
Duhan van der Merwe (Edinburgh Rugby) 23 caps
Ben White (London Irish) 9 caps
