Stuart McInally will captain Scotland in the Rugby World Cup, However There’s No place for Rory Hutchinson and Centers Huw Jones.

McInally was chosen ahead of John Barclay and captains Greig Laidlaw to direct out the team at Yokohama on September 22 to their opener with Ireland.
Nevertheless, head coach Gregor Townsend’s choice to depart both Glasgow center Jones along with his rival kind Northampton Hutchinson from their squad is surrounded by the news.
Jones burst onto the Test scene with nine attempts in his 14 looks for the Dark Lady but at the 18 months because he scored a stunning double over England in the 2018 Calcutta Cup triumph, his form for club and country has fallen considerably.
His deficiencies from defence have also relied him from contention, though a deficiency of expertise appears to have led to the choice to leave Hutchinson behind regardless of the 23-year-old creating a late bid for choice with a brace in his first Scotland beginning during Saturday’s win in Georgia.
With fit-again Saracens centre Duncan Taylor and Sam Johnson of Warriors the duo to start from the midfield, Townsend has chosen to take Peter Horne – that will fill in at 10 – and Chris Harris as pay.
Adam Hastings has been given the nod as back-up to star man Finn Russell in stand-off despite his ropy revealing against France few weeks ago.
But the cost has been now paid by prop Jamie Bhatti because of his failure to impress throughout the five-try mauling imposed upon his side together with Townsend choosing to shoot Gordon Reid and looseheads Allan Dell plus Willem Nel and Zander Fagerson’s tighthead pair.
Simon Berghan also receives a seat on the airplane based on his capacity to cover both sides of the scrum.
Forwards Josh Strauss, Matt Fagerson and Magnus Bradbury miss out with Scarlets No 8 Blade Thomson selected if needed, on the foundation he can also slot to the second row.
Lock Bradbury hasn’t featured at all during the Scots’ three warm-up clashes thus far because of rib injury as well as his lack of action has cost him his position, even though fellow second-rower Jonny Gray along with hooker Fraser Brown have made the cut despite being also sat out the double header together with France and last weekend Tbilisi victory through injury.
New skipper McInally, talking as he along with the rest of the squad were unveiled in Linlithgow Palace, said:”it is a very proud moment. I wound up missing the World Cup so this makes it all the sweeter.
“The focus is on Georgia this Friday and placing in a great performance until we head off.
“I’m very fortunate that there’s several players both sides of me who have captained the team before so I won’t be short in that respect.
“We are only going to take every match that comes and try to acquire them all. If we can get out of this group, it is knock-out rugby after that.”
Forwards: John Barclay (Edinburgh), Simon Berghan (Edinburgh), Fraser Brown (Glasgow Warriors), Scott Cummings (Glasgow Warriors), Allan Dell (London Irish), Zander Fagerson (Glasgow Warriors), Grant Gilchrist (Edinburgh), Jonny Gray (Glasgow Warriors), Stuart McInally (capt) (Edinburgh), WP Nel (Edinburgh), Gordon Reid (Ayrshire Bulls), Jamie Ritchie (Edinburgh), Blade Thomson (Scarlets), Ben Toolis (Edinburgh), George Turner (Glasgow Warriors), Hamish Watson (Edinburgh), Ryan Wilson (Glasgow Warriors).
Backs: Darcy Graham (Edinburgh), Chris Harris (Gloucester), Adam Hastings (Glasgow Warriors), Stuart Hogg (Exeter Chiefs), George Horne (Glasgow Warriors), Peter Horne (Glasgow Warriors), Sam Johnson (Glasgow Warriors), Blair Kinghorn (Edinburgh), Greig Laidlaw (Clermont Auvergne), Sean Maitland (Saracens), Ali Price (Glasgow Warriors), Finn Russell (Racing 92), Tommy Seymour (Glasgow Warriors), Duncan Taylor (Saracens).