FRANCO SMITH will have all of his Scotland players available for Glasgow Warriors’ away trip to take Leinster on Saturday – but he is likely to rest tight-head prop Zander Fagerson, scrum-half Ali Price and back-rower Matt Fagerson who started all four of Scotland’s Autumn Test matches.
No.8 Jack Dempsey, centre Sione Tuipulotu, and hookers Fraser Brown and George Turner could also be given the weekend off. “We’ll obviously look to manage the players and be smart about that, but they are all available,” said the head coach. “Common sense must prevail at this stage and after the team announcement I’ll maybe have more to say around that.
