New Zealand-born winger Sean Maitland will make his debut and hooker Dougie Hall his first start for six years as Scotland seek to end their 30-year Twickenham drought when they play England in their opening Six Nations game on Saturday.

Yesterday, interim coach Scott Johnson named a team with six changes and one positional switch from that beaten by Tonga in November – a defeat that led to Andy Robinson’s resignation.

The most eye-catching selection is that of 24-year-old Maitland, who won the Under-20 World Cup as an All Black and played for New Zealand Maori but has switched allegiance to the country of his grandparents since joining Glasgow from the Crusaders last October.

“Sean Maitland is very proud to be pulling on the Scotland jersey for the first time,” Johnson said.

“His family will be rapt because they raised him in New Zealand always reminding him of his Scottish heritage, getting up in the early hours of the morning to watch both the Five and Six Nations games on the television.”

The Scots will need dynamism and more if they are to end their dire Twickenham run and start to improve a record comprising only two wins in their last 15 Six Nations matches.

England coach Stuart Lancaster, whose first game in charge a year ago was a win over the Scots at Murrayfield, names his team tomorrow.

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