Henry Pyrgos to captain Scotland in Ireland

ByPA Sport

Updated 11/08/2015 at 14:25 GMT+1

Glasgow Warriors scrum-half Henry Pyrgos will captain Scotland when the Dark Blues kick-off their World Cup preparations with Saturday's clash with Ireland in Dublin.

Henry Pyrgos will captain Scotland against Ireland

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Head coach Vern Cotter has named a 25-man squad for the Aviva Stadium Test, with four potential new caps - Hugh Blake, Mike Cusack, Allan Dell and Stuart McInally - all hoping they will make their international bow when the starting XV is confirmed on Thursday.

The Ireland fixture is the first of four warm-up internationals which Cotter will use to assess his group before slashing an extended 47-man squad to his final list of 31 on September 2.

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