Jordan & Ritchie Miss Samoa Finale Along With Graham

Scotland will look Samoa connected Friday without 2 much cardinal players aft backmost Tom Jordan and flanker Jamie Ritchie were ruled retired done wounded pursuing winger Darcy Graham's call-up by nan British and Irish Lions.

But forwards Rory Sutherland and Ewan Ashman are disposable to look nan Samoans successful Scotland's last summertime circuit crippled earlier they subordinate nan Lions squad.

And Matt Fagerson will beryllium fresh aft recovering from a sound picked up successful their conclusion by Fiji, while chap backmost statement Ben Muncaster and fastener Gregor Brown are besides backmost successful training aft missing Friday's Test.

Scotland coach Pete Horne revealed it was not specified bully news for Ritchie, who picked up a ft wounded against Fiji, and Jordan, who recovered retired aft battling against symptom to decorativeness nan crippled that he had a manus fracture.

"He had a small spot of symptom aft nan game," Horne said. "He's specified a reliable bugger - he doesn't really kick astir thing - but he had a spot of swelling successful his hand.

"He went for a scan and an x-ray and he's really sewage a fracture."

Scotland's conclusion by Fiji dented their hopes of improving their world ranking successful bid to beryllium among nan apical seeds astatine nan World Cup tie successful December.

However, Horne said that caput coach Gregor Townsend did not person to beryllium persuaded to portion pinch Graham.

"Gregor's a monolithic protagonist of nan Lions," he said. "If they'd needed them now, he'd person been each for them going away.

"But, then, getting different crippled pinch us, I deliberation is portion of nan Lions' plan. They were happy for them to play this play and I deliberation nan truth that we're playing connected a Friday decidedly helps.

"Friday nighttime to nan Wednesday isn't arsenic bad arsenic a Saturday to Wednesday. So I'm judge Gregor will beryllium rather consenting to support immoderate scheme that Andy [Farrell] and nan Lions person and if it intends limiting a small spot of crippled clip aliases immoderate past I'm judge that'll beryllium nan case."

Scotland, who initially mislaid 8 players to nan Lions, person nary plans to telephone successful immoderate precocious replacements of their own.

"By nan clip anyone gets retired of here, it'll return them a fewer days pinch nan pitchy lag and worldly - it's a reliable aged travel," Horne added. "We're beautiful good covered, to beryllium honest.

"We've sewage capable screen crossed nan backs. Training mightiness beryllium a small spot hampered, but I'm judge we'll beryllium fine."