Blair Kinghorn will replace the injured Finn Russell at flyhalf for Scotland's Six Nations finale at home to Italy on Saturday.
There had been speculation that 26-year-old Kinghorn, a replacement fullback in recent matches, would start at No 15 against Italy.Up front, Townsend has had to make another change to his XV, with Edinburgh lock Sam Skinner replacing Richie Gray, who suffered rib damage against Ireland.
Townsend has brought in Edinburgh flanker Hamish Watson at the expense of Matt Fagerson, now among the replacements, in the only unforced alteration to the run-on side. Uncapped Munster flyhalf Ben Healy could make his Scotland debut off the bench. Victory on Saturday would likely seal third place in the Six Nations for Scotland after their opening two wins were followed by losses to France and Ireland.Ollie Smith, 14 Kyle Steyn, 13 Huw Jones, 12 Sione Tuipulotu, 11 Duhan van der Merwe, 10 Blair Kinghorn, 9 Ben White, 8 Jack Dempsey, 7 Hamish Watson, 6 Jamie Ritchie , 5 Jonny Gray, 4 Sam Skinner; 3 Zander Fagerson, 2 George Turner, 1 Pierre Schoeman.
Subs: 16 Ewan Ashman, 17 Rory Sutherland, 18 WP Nel, 19 Scott Cummings, 20 Matt Fagerson, 21 Ali Price, 22 Ben Healy, 23 Cameron Redpath.
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