Scotland eventally pushed past Italy in their Six Nations opener at Murrayfield. Here are four talking points following the win.
The 34-year-old Edinburgh forward’s Test career appeared to be over after he was not selected for a single squad last year.
The Edinburgh hooker seems likely to get the not for Saturday’s opener against Italy.
With his own Test career on hold in Japan, George Turner says Scotland have the right environment for success.
Gregor Townsend oversaw a positive autumn with the dangerous Wallabies vanquished, but there are gnawing sores to fix.
The Scots went down 32-15 to the double world champions at Murrayfield after dominating long periods of the second half.
Away from the bright lights of Southern Hemisphere heavyweights, Gregor Townsend has time to widen his talent pool in the Test arena
With ten frontline operators including Finn Russell, Ben White, Blair Kinghorn and Zander Fagerson given a summer off and Darcy Graham and Andy Christie still recovering from injury, opportunity knocks for a host of players in the Scotland squad heading on tour to North and South America.
Turner has joined Japan Rugby League One side Kobe Steelers, whose season runs at the same time as the Six Nations.