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Ali Price recalled from Montpellier as Scotland reshape scrum-half options for Australia Test

Veteran scrum-half Ali Price has been called into Scotland's training squad ahead of Saturday's Test against Australia at Murrayfield, replacing Gus Warr after the heavy 43-21 defeat to New Zealand. The 33-year-old Lions international, who plays for Montpellier in the Top 14, is in line for his 69th cap — his first since 2022.

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Ali Price recalled from Montpellier as Scotland reshape scrum-half options for Australia Test
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Ali Price has been recalled to Scotland’s training squad for this weekend’s Test against Australia at Murrayfield, replacing Sale Sharks scrum-half Gus Warr following Saturday’s 43-21 defeat to New Zealand. The 33-year-old, who plays his club rugby for Montpellier in the Top 14, is in line to earn his 69th cap for his country.

Price, a British and Irish Lions international, was last capped by Scotland against Fiji two years ago. He made his international debut against Georgia in 2016 and has made seven appearances for Montpellier this season, starting three of them.

Warr had been involved in training ahead of the All Blacks game before returning to Sale, while Price now joins Ben White, George Horne, and utility player Jamie Dobie as Scotland’s scrum-half options for the Wallabies fixture. Scotland have made no other changes to their squad following the New Zealand defeat.

Scotland head into the match with a strong recent record against Australia, having won four of the last five meetings between the sides. The one defeat in that run came by a single point in 2022, when Blair Kinghorn missed a last-gasp kick that would have overturned a 16-15 scoreline.

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