Sporting Digest: Rugby Union

Scotland have picked their strongest team, with the exception of the injured Doddie Weir, for their final tour match of South Africa against Golden Lions at Ellis Park, Johannesburg, tomorrow.

SCOTLAND TEAM (Tour match v Golden Lions, Johannesburg, SA, tomorrow): G Metcalfe (Glasgow Caledonians); C Murray (Edinburgh Reivers), J Mayer (Edinburgh Reivers), R Shepherd (Glasgow Caledonians), C Joiner (Leicester); D Hodge (Edinburgh Reivers), G Armstrong (Newcastle); T Smith (Glasgow Caledonians), G Bulloch (Glasgow Caledonians), P Burnell (Montferrand), A Lucking (Edinburgh Reivers), S Grimes (Newcastle), B Pountney (Northampton), S Reid (Narbonne), M Leslie (Edinburgh Reivers). Replacements: A Bulloch (Glasgow Caledonians), C Chalmers (Glasgow Caledonians), B Redpath (Narbonne), C Mather (Edinburgh Reivers), J White (Glasgow Caledonians), G Graham (Newcastle), R Russell (Edinburgh Reivers).