Scotlands' injury list mounts ahead of 2023 Six Nations

Gregor Townsend's squad is currently injured. Scotland play their opening game of the Calcutta Cup against England in February.

Hamish Watson and Stuart McInally are injured for Edinburgh. Glasgow have Scott Cummings, Rory Darge, Allan Dell, Zander Fagerson, Oli Kebble, Murphy Walker, Ryan Wilson and Alex Craig injured.

Zander is injured and there are doubts over who will play tighthead. Javan Sebastian is fit and Simon Berghan is available. Richie Gray and Grant Gilchrist are likely to be in the second row. Sam Skinner is back fit after an injury. Scott Cummings is not. The back row of Fagerson/Ritchie/Dempsey looks likely. Andy Christie, Luke Crosbie and Josh Bayliss could play.

Edinburgh have a number of injuries. Darcy Graham, Damien Hoyland and Duhan van der Merwe are all out.

Stuart Hogg is sick and has been having problems with his knee and heel recently.

Hogg is injured and will miss Exeter's European trip to South Africa next weekend. Blair Kinghorn will be considered as a backup fullback.

Scotland have a number of injuries ahead of the 2023 Six Nations. Kyle Rowe is still recovering from an ACL tear sustained 11 minutes into his first cap against Argentina in the summer. Adam Hastings requires shoulder surgery at Gloucester and Ross Thompson is on the injured list at Glasgow. Ben Healy has sided with Scotland recently. He could be called up sooner rather than later.

Ali Price, George Horne and Ben White are the current options for the fly-half position. John Cooney has talked about joining Scotland.

Last year's Scotland Six Nations squad consisted of 17 backs and 22 forwards. This year the squad is much smaller. AB Zondagh left for France and rumours in France suggest Toony may apply for the post of French attack coach after the Rugby World Cup. Scotland's injury list is getting worse ahead of the 2023 Six-Nations.