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Liam Bryce

Finn Russell left out AGAIN as Scotland boss Gregor Townsend names Six Nations squad to face England

Finn Russell has again been left out of Scotland's Six Nations squad.

The Racing 92 centre will not feature for Greg Townsend's team as they prepare to face England at Murrayfield on Saturday.

Russell was initially axed ahead of the weekend defeat to Ireland following a previous Sunday evening booze-up in the team hotel bar.

The door was left open for the former Glasgow Warriors star to remain with the squad for the Ireland game but he instead opted to return to France in preparation for Racing's match against Castres.

That followed "positive" talks with Townsend over potentially returning to the fold.

And now, with the Calcutta Cup showdown looming, the 27-year-old has been dropped again.

Worcester Warriors stand-off Duncan Weir has retained his place in the Scotland side ahead of Russell.

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Scotland squad in full

Simon Berghan (Edinburgh)

Jamie Bhatti (Edinburgh)

Magnus Bradbury (Edinburgh)

Fraser Brown (Glasgow Warriors)

Alex Craig (Gloucester)

Luke Crosbie (Edinburgh)

Scott Cummings (Glasgow Warriors)

Allan Dell (London Irish)

Cornell du Preez (Worcester Warriors)

Zander Fagerson (Glasgow Warriors)

Grant Gilchrist (Edinburgh)

Tom Gordon (Glasgow Warriors)

Jonny Gray (Glasgow Warriors)

Nick Haining (Edinburgh)

Stuart McInally (Edinburgh)

Willem Nel (Edinburgh)

Jamie Ritchie (Edinburgh)

Rory Sutherland (Edinburgh)

Ben Toolis (Edinburgh)

George Turner (Glasgow Warriors)

Hamish Watson (Edinburgh)

Chris Harris (Gloucester)

Adam Hastings (Glasgow Warriors)

Stuart Hogg (Exeter Chiefs)

George Horne (Glasgow Warriors)

Rory Hutchinson (Northampton Saints)

Sam Johnson (Glasgow Warriors)

Huw Jones (Glasgow Warriors)

Blair Kinghorn (Edinburgh)

Sean Maitland (Saracens)

Byron McGuigan (Sale Sharks)

Ali Price (Glasgow Warriors)

Henry Pyrgos (Edinburgh)

Matt Scott (Edinburgh)

Kyle Steyn (Glasgow Warriors)

Ratu Tagive (Glasgow Warriors)

Duncan Weir (Worcester Warriors)

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