Scotland rope in experienced Edinburgh lock
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NEWS: Edinburgh lock Sam Skinner has been added to the Scotland squad ahead of Sunday's Six Nations clash with Ireland at Murrayfield.
The 30-year-old Skinner missed much of the last two seasons due to knee issues.
He has started Edinburgh's last four games, scoring tries against the Black Lions and the Scarlets, but was left out of Townsend's original Six Nations squad.
After Scotland lost Scott Cummings when the experienced lock got injured playing for Glasgow Warriors against Harlequins, coach Gregor Townsend was prompted to call up Leicester's Cameron Henderson, Oyonnax's Ewan Johnson and Glasgow's Euan Ferrie as second-row cover.
Townsend has not turned to Skinner who played as a replacement in all five of Scotland's 2024 Six Nations games, scoring a try against Italy.
The 35-cap Skinner last featured for Scotland in last season's match against Ireland in Dublin.
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He was also involved in the controversial incident against France when he appeared to ground the ball in the final play of the game only for the try not to be awarded after a lengthy TMO check. France won 20-16.
Scotland opened this year's campaign with a 31-19 win over Italy at Murrayfield on Saturday, with the locks being Grant Gilchrist and Jonny Gray.
The Scots have not beaten Ireland since 2017, a run that stretches to 10 games.
