Newcastle back-rower Ollie Leatherbarrow has been called up by Scotland for the first time for next month’s Nations Championship fixtures.
The Macclesfield-born 24-year-old, who qualifies through his grandmother from Perth, is the most notable inclusion in a largely familiar 37-man pool named by Gregor Townsend for matches at Murrayfield against New Zealand, Australia and Japan.
Glasgow hooker Seb Stephen, who made his debut in the summer, has kept his place alongside other recent additions to the forward pack, Liam McConnell and Gregor Hiddleston.
Senior trio Jamie Ritchie, Darcy Graham and Duhan van der Merwe have all been included after returning recently from injuries.
Influential back-rower Jack Dempsey has retained his place despite leaving Glasgow in the summer to move to Japan.
Experienced lock Grant Gilchrist – who recently returned from injury – is a notable absentee from the squad, while Hector Patterson had been touted for potential involvement after a bright start to the season but the Edinburgh scrum-half has not made the cut.
— Scottish Rugby (@Scotlandteam) October 26, 2026
Scotland Squad for Autumn Internationals
Forwards: Ewan Ashman (Edinburgh Rugby), Josh Bayliss (Bath Rugby), Gregor Brown (Glasgow Warriors), Scott Cummings (Glasgow Warriors), Alex Craig (Glasgow Warriors), Rory Darge (Glasgow Warriors), Jack Dempsey (Toshiba Brave Lupus), Matt Fagerson (Glasgow Warriors), Zander Fagerson (Glasgow Warriors), Jonny Gray (Perpignan), Gregor Hiddleston (Glasgow Warriors), Will Hurd (Leicester Tigers), Ollie Leatherbarrow (Newcastle Falcons)*, Nathan McBeth (Glasgow Warriors), Liam McConnell (Edinburgh Rugby), Elliot Millar Mills (Newcastle Red Bulls), Jamie Ritchie (Glasgow Warriors), Pierre Schoeman (Edinburgh Rugby), Rory Sutherland (Glasgow Warriors), Seb Stephen (Glasgow Warriors), Max Williamson (Glasgow Warriors)
Backs: Fergus Burke (Saracens), Jamie Dobie (Glasgow Warriors), Darcy Graham (Edinburgh Rugby), George Horne (Glasgow Warriors), Rory Hutchinson (Northampton Saints), Huw Jones (Toulon), Tom Jordan (Bristol Bears), Blair Kinghorn (Toulouse), Stafford McDowall (Glasgow Warriors), Kyle Rowe (Glasgow Warriors), Finn Russell (Bath Rugby), Ollie Smith (Glasgow Warriors), Kyle Steyn (Glasgow Warriors), Sione Tuipulotu (Captain, Glasgow Warriors), Duhan van der Merwe (Edinburgh Rugby), Ben White (Toulon)
* Denotes uncapped player