EDINBURGH - Scotland coach Frank Hadden included seven uncapped players in a 50-man training squad which will meet at Murrayfield on Monday as the team prepare for their November home Test programme.
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Centre Max Evans and prop Geoff Cross were both members of the tour party that drew a two Test series 1-1 away to Argentina in June, although neither man took the field against the Pumas.
Prop Moray Low missed that tour through injury while centre Calum MacRae, scrum-half Mark McMillan, lock Dan Turner and full-back/stand-off Stephen Jones featured in the Scotland A squad that reached June's Churchill Cup final in Chicago where they were beaten 36-19 by their England counterparts.
Meanwhile wing Sean Lamont returned to the squad after missing the entire 2008 Six Nations with a knee injury.
Lamont has already returned to action for his club, Northampton Saints, scoring a try against Newcastle Falcons at the weekend.
Scotland have the daunting task of playing recently crowned Tri-Nations kings New Zealand and world champions South Africa on successive weekends at Murrayfield while November also sees them up against Canada at Aberdeen football club's Pittodrie ground.
"The purpose of this squad session is really two-fold; firstly to debrief following the Argentina tour; and secondly for the players to be introduced to our two new assistant coaches, Mike Brewer and Graham Steadman," Hadden said here Tuesday.
Scotland face New Zealand on November 8 before playing South Africa on November 15 and completing their autumn schedule against Canada on November 22.
Scotland squad for training at Murrayfield on Monday, September 22:
Backs: Mike Blair, Ben Cairns, Chris Cusite, Simon Danielli, Nick de Luca, Rob Dewey, Max Evans, Thom Evans, Phil Godman, Andrew Henderson, Stephen Jones, Rory Lamont, Sean Lamont, Rory Lawson, Calum MacRae, Mark McMillan, Graeme Morrison, Dan Parks, Chris Paterson, Gordon Ross, Hugo Southwell, Nikki Walker, Simon Webster
Forwards: John Barclay, Johnnie Beattie, Kelly Brown, Dave Callam, Geoff Cross, Alasdair Dickinson, Ross Ford, Dougie Hall, Craig Hamilton, Jim Hamilton, Nathan Hines, Allister Hogg, Allan Jacobsen, Alastair Kellock, Gavin Kerr, Scott Lawson, Moray Low, Scott MacLeod, Euan Murray, Scott Murray, Matt Mustchin, Ross Rennie, Alasdair Strokosch, Simon Taylor, Fergus Thomson, Dan Turner, Jason White
