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Scotland Squad Announced for 2025 Guinness Six Nations

Gregor Townsend has named a 37-player squad, led by Sione Tuipulotu, ahead of the 2025 Guinness Six Nations.

Scotland face Italy at home on Saturday 1 February and Glasgow Warriors centre Tuipulotu, who was named captain at the tail end of last year, once more assumes the responsibility.

There are two uncapped players in the selection: Saracens stand-off Fergus Burke, who qualifies through the lineage of his Glasgow-born grandfather, and Glasgow Warriors No 8 Jack Mann, who has impressed in the Scotstoun back row this season.

Bordeaux-Bègles’ Jonny Gray, who has won 77 caps, will be hoping to earn a first cap since the 2023 Six Nations, the second row having returned from injury to stake his claim for a Test spot.

There are 22 forwards named, with Rory Darge, Jamie Ritchie, Luke Crosbie, Josh Bayliss, Jack Dempsey and Matt Fagerson joining Mann as back row selections.

Gray is one of five second-row forwards, alongside Grant Gilchrist, Scott Cummings, Marshall Sykes and Gregor Brown.

In the front row, props Pierre Schoeman, Rory Sutherland, Jamie Bhatti, Zander Fagerson, Will Hurd and D’Arcy Rae are joined by four hookers in the shape of Ewan Ashman, Dave Cherry, Dylan Richardson and Patrick Harrison.

The 15 backs comprise a back-three stable of Blair Kinghorn, Duhan van der Merwe, Darcy Graham and Kyle Rowe, with Tuipulotu named as one of five centres alongside Huw Jones, Stafford McDowall, Matt Currie and Rory Hutchinson.

In the half-backs, Finn Russell and Tom Jordan are in alongside fellow stand-off Burke, with the group completed by scrum-half trio Ben White, George Horne and Jamie Dobie.

After facing Italy on the opening weekend of the 2025 Guinness Six Nations, Scotland then host Ireland on Sunday 9 February, before heading to Twickenham on Saturday 22 February to contest the Calcutta Cup. They then have a home match against Wales on Saturday 8 March before finishing up with a trip to Paris to face France on Saturday 15 March.

Scotland squad for the 2025 Guinness Six Nations (caps in brackets):

Forwards (22)

Ewan Ashman – Edinburgh Rugby (22)
Josh Bayliss – Bath Rugby (10)
Jamie Bhatti – Glasgow Warriors (35)
Gregor Brown – Glasgow Warriors (4)
Dave Cherry – Edinburgh Rugby (11)
Luke Crosbie – Edinburgh Rugby (12)
Scott Cummings – Glasgow Warriors (42)
Rory Darge – Vice-Captain – Glasgow Warriors (25)
Jack Dempsey – Glasgow Warriors (22)
Matt Fagerson – Glasgow Warriors (50)
Zander Fagerson – Glasgow Warriors (70)
Grant Gilchrist – Edinburgh Rugby (75)
Jonny Gray – Bordeaux Bègles (77)
Patrick Harrison – Edinburgh Rugby (3)
Will Hurd – Leicester Tigers (4)
Jack Mann – Glasgow Warriors (uncapped)
D’Arcy Rae – Edinburgh Rugby (2)
Dylan Richardson – The Sharks (6)
Jamie Ritchie – Edinburgh Rugby (54)
Pierre Schoeman – Edinburgh Rugby (37)
Rory Sutherland – Glasgow Warriors (37)
Marshall Sykes – Edinburgh Rugby (1)

Backs (15)

Fergus Burke – Saracens (uncapped)
Matt Currie – Edinburgh Rugby (4)
Jamie Dobie – Glasgow Warriors (9)
Darcy Graham – Edinburgh Rugby (42)
George Horne – Glasgow Warriors (34)
Rory Hutchinson – Northampton Saints (8)
Huw Jones – Glasgow Warriors (53)
Tom Jordan – Glasgow Warriors (3)
Blair Kinghorn – Toulouse (55)
Stafford McDowall – Glasgow Warriors (8)
Finn Russell – Vice-Captain – Bath Rugby (82)
Kyle Rowe – Glasgow Warriors (9)
Sione Tuipulotu – Captain – Glasgow Warriors (30)
Duhan van der Merwe – Edinburgh Rugby (44)
Ben White – Toulon (24)

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