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Injury from O'Mahony challenge rules Hogg out of Scotland's trip to France

Gregor Townsend has added six players to his squad ahead of Saturday’s game in Paris.

STUART HOGG HAS been ruled out of Scotland’s Six Nations contest against France, while Finn Russell will go through return-to-play protocols after suffering a head injury for Racing 92. 

Full-back Hogg sustained a shoulder injury following a challenge from Peter O’Mahony in the 22-13 defeat to Ireland at Murrayfield and will not be considered for selection for the trip to Paris in round three.

“[Stuart Hogg] remains under the joint care of the Glasgow Warriors and Scotland medical teams, with his rehabilitation progress and review ongoing,” stated an injury bulletin issued by Scottish Rugby today.

Head coach Gregor Townsend may be without Russell too; the out-half was injured playing against Top 14 leaders Toulouse yesterday and faces a nervy wait to find out if he can be involved for his country this weekend. 

Scotland have added six players to their training squad for the fixture. Out-half Duncan Weir, Edinburgh trio Magnus Bradbury, Dougie Fife and James Johnstone have been drafted in, along with Glasgow Warriors front-row forwards Zander Fagerson and George Turner.

Injured Glasgow Warriors duo George Horne (shoulder) and Stafford McDowall (ankle) miss out, as do David Cherry, Murray McCallum and Jake Kerr.

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    Dec 16th 2019, 2:02 PM

    So we have 3 Pro14 games first, then the 2 Champions Cup game in January. Even if Sexton and Kelleher come good Farrel will more than likely have them for the Six Nations. And 10 or more others. Nice to have the Q final boxed off in the cup already and an 8point buffer in the league. Not too shabby so far. COYBIB.

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    Dec 16th 2019, 4:55 PM

    @David: shame on me, turned out to be 17 others for the initial Farrel picks.

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    Dec 16th 2019, 2:01 PM

    Real blow for Ronan with his rich form this short to 6 nations. But hopefully gets back up to these levels of consistency quickly. Hopefully a bit of game time for Ciara’s and Harry with Ross over the Christmas period will help them on.

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    Dec 16th 2019, 1:25 PM

    I wouldn’t be surprised if his specialist was based on Lyon.

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    Dec 16th 2019, 1:32 PM

    @Ken: already confirmed that he’s turned down the offer

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