Hastings back as Scotland change 15 players for US

United States v Scotland

Date: Friday, 12 July Time: 23:30 BST Venue: Audi Field, Washington DC

Coverage: Follow nan action via unrecorded matter commentary connected nan BBC Sport website

Adam Hastings will return for Scotland successful an wholly caller starting line-up named by coach Gregor Townsend for nan 2nd Test of nan summertime against nan United States.

None of nan players that featured successful nan 73-12 triumph against Canada will commencement nan crippled against nan US successful Washington DC connected Friday (23:30 BST).

Hastings past represented Scotland against Fiji successful 2022 and partners George Horne astatine half-back successful a backline dominated by Glasgow players.

Alex Craig will wins his first headdress successful 3 years arsenic he joins Scott Cummings successful nan 2nd row.

Elliot Millar Mills, Williamson, Luke Crosbie, Rory Sutherland, Robbie Smith, Ross Thompson and Matt Currie are each named among nan replacements having played successful Canada past weekend.

They opened their summertime circuit past play by moving successful 11 tries to expanse speech Canada. After playing nan US, Townsend's broadside return connected Chile (20 July) and Uruguay (27 July) unrecorded connected BBC Scotland and iPlayer.

Scotland past faced nan US successful 2018, erstwhile a broadside containing Stuart Hogg, Blair Kinghorn, Adam Hastings and Zander and Matt Fagerson mislaid 30-29 successful Houston.

Scotland squad to play USA

Rowe; Steyn, Jones, Tuipulotu (all Glasgow), Van der Merwe (Edinburgh); Hastings, Horne (both Glasgow); Walker (Glasgow), Ashman, Schoeman (both Edinburgh); Cummings (Glasgow), Craig ­(Scarlets); Ritchie (Edinburgh), Darge, M Fagerson (both Glasgow).

Replacements: Smith (Northampton), Sutherland (Glasgow), Millar Mills (Northampton), Williamson (Glasgow), Crosbie (Edinburgh), Dobie (Glasgow), Thompson, Currie (both Edinburgh).

More to follow.