The Newcastle Falcons openside flanker has been missing from the three RBS 6 Nations defeats against Wales, England and Italy with a knee ligament injury.

But he will join Williams 49-man training squad in Stirling this week as the team attempt to put the disappointment of the 20-14 loss in Rome behind them against France on March 20.

And the 28-year-old admits he is relishing the chance to play for his country again.

Mower told www.scottishrugby.org: I'm doing really well. I was quite down when I was first injured but Ive been working hard and things have progressed well.

Ive been running for a while now and have recently started doing contact work and bag work so am pretty positive about being back to full fitness very soon.

Ive been speaking with the medical team at Murrayfield and Im looking forward to getting right back into the thick of things.

Edinburgh Gunners centre Matt Dey has also been called up for the training squad for the first time.

Scotland training squad for RBS 6 Nations match against France:
Squad: R Beattie (Gwent Dragons), G Bulloch (Glasgow Rugby), S Cross (Edinburgh Rugby), A Dall (Edinburgh Rugby), B Douglas (The Borders), R Ford (The Borders), I Fullarton (Sale Sharks), S Gray (Bath Rugby), S Grimes (Newcastle Falcons), A Hall (Glasgow Rugby), D Hall (Edinburgh Rugby), N Hines (Edinburgh Rugby), A Hogg* (Edinburgh Rugby), A Jacobsen (Edinburgh Rugby), A Kellock* (Edinburgh Rugby), G Kerr (Leeds Tykes), S MacLeod (The Borders), C Mather (Glasgow Rugby), A Mower (Newcastle Falcons), E Murray (Glasgow Rugby), S Murray (Edinburgh Rugby), J Petrie (Glasgow Rugby), R Russell (Saracens), C Smith (Edinburgh Rugby), T Smith (Northampton Saints), S Taylor (Edinburgh Rugby), J White (Sale Sharks)
G Beveridge (Glasgow Rugby), M Blair (Edinburgh Rugby), C Cusiter (The Borders), S Danielli (Bath Rugby), M Dey (Edinburgh Rugby), M Di Rollo (Edinburgh Rugby), P Godman (Newcastle Falcons), A Henderson (Glasgow Rugby), B Hinshelwood (Worcester), S Lamont (Glasgow Rugby), B Laney (Edinburgh Rugby), D Lee (Edinburgh Rugby), G Morton (The Borders), D Parks (Glasgow Rugby), C Paterson (Edinburgh Rugby), S Pinder (Glasgow Rugby), T Philip* (Edinburgh Rugby), G Ross (Leeds Tykes), N Walker (The Borders), S Webster (Edinburgh Rugby), G Morrison (Glasgow Rugby), A Warnock (Edinburgh Rugby)