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Williams sticks to his guns
19 November 2004, 8:31 am
Scotland coach Matt Williams has named an unchanged team for the third autumn Test against Australia at Hampden Park on Saturday.
The Scots crushed Japan 100-8 at McDiarmid Park last weekend and the Aussie-born Williams will field the same XV in Glasgow.

The one squad change sees prop Bruce Douglas on the bench in place of Craig Smith.

Williams has also called for the fans to create the same atmosphere at Hampden as they did in Perth.

He said: It would be wonderful if we could get a big enough crowd at Hampden to get behind the team in the same manner as the crowd at Perth last weekend.

My plea would be to come and support your team. It really makes a difference.

Australia have made one change to their starting line-up for this weekends Test against Scotland at Hampden Park with David Lyons taking over as number eight from the injured John Roe.

There are also two new faces on the replacements bench from the side that lost 27-14 to France in Paris last Saturday with Radike Samo and Stephen Hoiles being brought in.

Flanker Hoiles comes into the 22 for the first time after impressing coach Eddie Jones during Tuesday nights match between Australia A and the French Barbarians, which the tourists won 45-15.

Roe misses out after sustaining a minor neck injury in training and he could be sidelined for the remainder of Australias tour.

John Roe had a good game last week against France but unfortunately he has a neck problem at the moment which has ruled him out for this match and then possibly the England Test, said Jones.

With David Lyons putting in a strong performance against the Barbarians he deserves an opportunity to get his starting spot back.

The match should see Australia fullback Chris Latham win his 50th Test cap having made his debut against France in 1998.

I started the season with a goal of reaching my 50th cap this year and it's something I'm really excited about, said Latham.

We all know we need to put in a much better performance this weekend against Scotland. The Australia A guys led the way last night, and everyone is focused and keen to play well and make up for last week, he added.

Scotland: H Southwell; C Paterson, B Hinshelwood, A Henderson, S Lamont; D Parks, C Cusiter; A Jacobsen, G Bulloch, G Kerr, S Grimes, N Hines, A Hogg, J Petrie, D Macfadyen.

Replacements: R Russell, B Douglas, S MacLeod, J White, M Blair, G Ross, G Morrison.

Australia: C Latham; C Rathbone, S Mortlock, M Giteau, L Tuqiri; S Larkham, G Gregan (cap); B Young, J Paul, A Baxter, J Harrison, D Vickerman, G Smith, P Waugh, D Lyons.

Replacements: M Dunning, B Cannon, R Samo, S Hoiles, E Flatley, M Rogers, W Sailor.


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