Scotland v Italy: teams

Ross Ford has been recalled by Scotland to face Italy at Murrayfield on Saturday.
The British and Irish Lion hooker replaces Glasgow‘s Dougie Hall who sustained a knee injury in the 38-18 Calcutta Cup defeat to England last weekend.
Glasgow hooker Pat MacArthur could make his Test debut off the bench after being named in the bench as Hall is out of the squad after failing a fitness test.
Despite their triumphant tour to Australasia last summer, including a 9-6 win over the Wallabies, the Scots are on the back of four defeats and are bracing themselves to host the feisty Italians whose confidence will be sky-high after their 23-18 win over France on Sunday.
In the only other change to the starting XV, 22-year-old Robert Harley will make his first start at Murrayfield takes over from the injured Alasdair Strokosch in the Scotland back-row.
Harley scored the match-winning try against Samoa on debut when he was introduced off the bench on the summer tour.
Strokosch will be examined by a specialist surgeon at Spire Murrayfield Hospital today to determine whether he can play any further part in the championship after the eye socket damage he sustained at the weekend.
A product of Douglas Academy in Milngavie and the West of Scotland club, Harley has played age-grade rugby for Scotland, being a mainstay of the Scotland under-20 team in 2009 and 2010 and has also represented Scotland A. He has already undertaken captaincy duties with Glasgow Warriors.
Scotland interim head coach Scott Johnson said: “I had the pleasure of working with Robert on our tour last summer.
“He’s big and aggressive and he’s been knocking on the door for selection for a wee while.  He deserves this chance as a reward for his club form.
“Italy’s victory against France in Rome was well-deserved and certainly didn’t surprise us.  It will be a true Test match this weekend and it would be great to have a big vocal Murrayfield crowd supporting the boys this weekend.”
Meanwhile, Italy coach Jacques Brunel has kept faith in the team that shocked France in Rome last week bar one enforced change.
Inside centre Alberto Sgarbi sustained an ankle injury in the victory against Les Bleus and is replaced by the experienced Gonzalo Canale who is fit again having recovered from a thigh strain.
Zebre captain Gonzalo Garcia fills the gap on the bench while Leicester‘s favourite Martin Castrogiovanni, who scored the match-winning try last Sunday, is named once again at tight-head.
Scotland: Stuart Hogg; Sean Maitland, Sean Lamont, Matt Scott, Tim Visser; Ruaridh Jackson, Greig Laidlaw; Ryan Grant, Ross Ford, Euan Murray; Richie Gray, Jim Hamilton; Robert Harley, Kelly Brown (Capt.), Johnnie Beattie.
Replacements: Pat MacArthur, Moray Low, Geoff Cross, Alastair Kellock, David Denton, Henry Pyrgos, Duncan Weir, Max Evans.
Italy: Andrea Masi; Giovambattista Venditti, Tommaso Benvenuti, Gonzalo Canale, Luke McLean; Luciano Orquera, Tobias Botes; Andrea Lo Cicero, Leonardo Ghiraldini, Martin Castrogiovanni; Quintin Geldenhuys,  Francesco Minto; Alessandro Zanni, Simone Favaro, Sergio Parisse (Capt.).
Replacements: Davide Giazzon, Alberto De Marchi, Lorenzo Cittadini, Antonio Pavanello, Paul Derbyshire, Edoardo Gori, Kristopher Burton, Gonzalo Garcia.