Scotland change four for France clash on Sunday

SCOTLAND coach Andy Robinson has made four changes to his side to face France, who are asked to give-up between six and eight points on the handicap betting, at Murrayfield in the Six Nations on Sunday.

Stuart Hogg makes his first start at full-back while Graeme Morrison, John Barclay and Mike Blair return.

Tobias Botes starts at fly-half for Italy against Ireland in Dublin on Saturday. The Azzurri get as big as a 16-point start.

Scarlets are 14-point favourites at home to Treviso in the Pro 12 live on S4C on Thursday night.

Scotland team: S Hogg; R Lamont, S Lamont, G Morrison, L Jones; G Laidlaw, M Blair; A Jacobsen, R Ford, G Cross, R Gray,
J Hamilton, J Barclay, R Rennie, D Denton; replacements: S Lawson, E Kalman, A Kellock, R Vernon, C Cusiter, D Weir,
N De Luca.

Italy team: A Masi; G Venditti, T Benvenuti, A Sgarbi, L McLean; T Botes, E Gori; M Rizzo,  L Ghiraldini,L Cittadini, Q Geldenhuys,  M Bortolami, A Zanni, R Barbieri, S Parisse; replacements: T D’Apice, F Staibano, A Pavanello, S Favaro, F Semenzato, K Burton, G Canale.

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