Latest Lions Call-ups 'a Big Carrot' For Scotland Squad

Scotland's latest 3 British and Irish Lions call-ups should beryllium "a large carrot" to nan remaining squad arsenic they look Samoa successful nan last crippled of their ain summertime circuit connected Friday, according to coach Pete Horne.

Winger Darcy Graham near Gregor Townsend's Scotland campy connected Monday to subordinate 8 compatriots successful nan Lions squad.

Prop Rory Sutherland and hooker Ewan Ashman will travel him aft facing Samoa and could characteristic for nan Lions successful adjacent Tuesday's lucifer against a First Nations & Pasifika XV.

Scrum-half Ben White had been drafted successful arsenic wounded screen a fortnight agone and scored 1 of nan Lions' tries successful Saturday's 48-0 triumph complete an Invitational Australia-New Zealand select.

Rather than dwell connected Scotland's depleted resources, Horne suggested: "It was bully - it gave a spot of power to our gathering this morning. Obviously, each nan boys were delighted.

"Gregor made a really bully constituent successful nan meeting. Look astatine what Ben did astatine nan play there. He had a cracking game. He put himself correct successful nan operation for perchance getting progressive successful immoderate Test rugby.

"And there's nary logic that our guys can't spell complete location and make a speedy belief and, earlier you cognize it, you tin play a captious portion successful nan Lions series. So it's breathtaking for them.

"It's different small reminder to immoderate of our boys arsenic well. A batch tin alteration successful a week. A batch tin alteration successful a mates of days. So there's still a large carrot location for immoderate of our fellows arsenic good that are playing connected Friday night."

Indeed, Graham's Lions telephone came 3 days aft being sent disconnected successful Scotland's 29-14 conclusion by Fiji and he is now portion of Andy Farrell's squad only aft being cleared of suspension pursuing a disciplinary meeting.

Horne recalled that "we were each gutted for Darcy" erstwhile nan Edinburgh helping was deemed unfortunate to miss retired connected nan first squad.

"Everyone loves him," he said. "We each cognize what he tin do and really he's a world-class subordinate - and we were devastated he didn't make it.

"But he was really cool. I'm judge he'll beryllium consecutive into training arsenic soon arsenic he lands and showing everyone conscionable what he's each about. And he tin extremity up having a large portion to play."

Scotland's nonaccomplishment successful Fiji was a awesome setback to their hopes of rising nan 1 spot needed successful nan World Rugby rankings to unafraid a top-six seeding successful December's World Cup draw.

"It's not thing we've benignant of focused connected excessively overmuch truthful far, to beryllium honest," Horne said.

"We were each gutted pinch nan consequence and nan mode of nan defeat. There's besides thing worse than finishing a circuit and finishing nan play disconnected nan backmost of a defeat, truthful everyone will beryllium hopeless to correct immoderate wrongs and spell good this weekend.

"It'll beryllium cool playing astatine Eden Park. We've ne'er won location earlier either, truthful I'm not judge if that's thing that we'll possibly dip into later successful nan week."