An upper body injury that threatened to put Hamish Watson out of Scotland’s tour before a test had been played means he misses the first game with Argentina on Saturday.
At some undefined point in the future there maybe some benefit accruing from the 45-5 win by a Scotland XV over Chile in Santiago.
Scotland cruised to a comfortable win to open their South American tour against an overmatched Chile in Santiago, but a poor second half will have the coaching team scratching their heads.
Luke Crosbie will finally get his captaincy of a Scotland team after a year’s gap as Gregor Townsend named a strong team for the A game against Chile in Santiago.
