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Rugby-Scotland team to play Samoa

LONDON, Oct 8 (Reuters) - Scotland named the following team on Thursday for the Rugby World Cup Pool B match against Samoa in Newcastle on Saturday. 1-Alasdair Dickinson, 2-Ross Ford, 3-WP Nel, 4-Richie Gray, 5-Jonny Gray, 6-Ryan Wilson, 7-John Hardie, 8-Dave Denton; 9-Greig Laidlaw (captain), 10-Finn Russell, 11-Tommy Seymour, 12-Matt Scott, 13-Mark Bennett, 14-Sean Maitland, 15-Stuart Hogg Replacements: 16-Fraser Brown, 17-Gordon Reid, 18-Jon Welsh, 19-Tim Swinson, 20-Josh Strauss, 21-Henry Pyrgos, 22-Pete Horne, 23-Sean Lamont (Reporting by Ed Osmond, editing by Julien Pretot)