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Vern Cotter (File)
Vern Cotter (File)

London - Glasgow's Peter Horne has been drafted in to replace suspended fly-half Finn Russell for Scotland's Six Nations clash with Italy on Saturday, head coach Vern Cotter announced on Thursday.

Russell lost an appeal earlier this week against a two-match ban for a dangerous tackle on Wales's Dan Biggar and Horne has been given the nod to replace him over Edinburgh's Greig Tonks.

Horne will win his seventh cap at Murrayfield and is one of four changes to the team beaten 26-23 by Wales a fortnight ago.

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