Jordan: Some very interesting omissions from the second row, most notably Cameron Henderson, who has been playing consistently well for an improved Tigers team. The inclusion of Marshall Sykes over the likes of Iain Henderson, Alex Craig, Alex Samuel and even Jare Oguntibeju and Ewan Johnson is strange in my opinion.

Fergus Burke, the Saracens fly-half who also qualifies to represent England and New Zealand, has been called up for his first involvement in a Scotland squad ahead of the Six Nations.