Earlier this morning Ireland confirmed their squad numbers for the World Cup and now Scotland have done so too as excitement builds for the tournament itself.
Scotland have a number of notable names within their 24 man squad including former Wigan, Warrington and Leigh winger Matty Russell who takes the number two jersey. Thus, it seems unlikely he will star at fullback like in previous tournaments.
The other winger is likely to be former Wigan target and Halifax flyer Lachlan Walmsley.
Meanwhile one of Salford’s play-off heroes, Ryan Brierley, takes the number seven shirt meaning he also won’t feature at fullback as he has done for Salford. The number one shirt instead goes to Lewis Clarke.
Speaking of Salford, Sam Luckley will wear 10 ahead of his move to Hull KR as Wakefield hooker Liam Hood takes the number nine shirt.
Hull KR’s star backrower Kane Linnett is number 12 whilst St Helens’ James Bell is number 13.
This makes for a very strong first choice 13 with plenty of Super League experience added to be Australian born second-row Euan Aitken who has represented Australia in the Prime Minister’s XIII before and brings a wealth of NRL experience.
1. Lewis Clarke 2. Matty Russell 3. Ben Hellewell 4. Kieran Buchanan 5. Lachlan Walmsley 6. Bailey Hayward 7. Ryan Brierley 8. Logan Bayliss-Brow 9. Liam Hood 10. Sam Luckley 11. Euan Aitken 12. Kane Linnett 13. James Bell 14. Kyle Schneider 15. Luke Bain 16. Guy Graham 17. Charlie Emslie 18. Jack Teanby 19. Calum Gaham 20. Davey Dixon 21. Shane Toal 22. Alex Walker 23. Bayley Liu 24. Dale Ferguson
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