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Hamilton keeps place in second row

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James Hamilton will earn his ninth senior cap when he lines up in Scotland's final warm-up game for the Rugby World Cup on Saturday.

The Tigers lock retains his place for the match against South Africa at Murrayfield (5pm kick-off) after playing in Scotland's win over Ireland 10 days ago.

Scotland head coach Frank Hadden said: "With our first World Cup game 19 days away, Saturday is a massive challenge for us."

Scotland team:
15 Rory Lamont (Sale Sharks)
14 Nikki Walker (Ospreys)
13 Rob Dewey (Ulster)
12 Andrew Henderson (Glasgow Warriors)
11 Simon Webster (Edinburgh)
10 Chris Paterson (Gloucester)
9 Mike Blair (Edinburgh)
1 Gavin Kerr (unattached)
2 Ross Ford (Glasgow Warriors)
3 Euan Murray (Northampton Saints)
4 Nathan Hines (Perpignan)
5 James Hamilton (Leicester Tigers)
6 Jason White (Sale Sharks, captain)
7 Kelly Brown (Glasgow Warriors)
8 Dave Callam (Edinburgh)

Replacements
16 Fergus Thomson (Glasgow Warriors)
17 Allan Jacobsen (Edinburgh)
18 Scott Murray (Montauban)
19 Allister Hogg (Edinburgh)
20 Rory Lawson (Gloucester)
21 Dan Parks (Glasgow Warriors)
22 Hugo Southwell (Edinburgh)