2014 Scotland rugby union tour of the Americas and South Africa
| 2014 Scotland rugby union tour of the Americas and South Africa | |||||
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| Coach(es) | Vern Cotter | ||||
| Tour captain(s) |
Greig Laidlaw Grant Gilchrist | ||||
| Top test point scorer(s) | Greig Laidlaw (20) | ||||
| Top test try scorer(s) | Stuart Hogg (2) | ||||
| Summary |
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| Total |
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| Opponent |
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 Argentina |
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 Canada |
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 South Africa |
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 United States |
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| Tour chronology | |||||
| Previous tour | Aus, Fij & Sam 2012 | ||||
| Next tour | Japan 2016 | ||||
In June 2014, the Scotland rugby union team toured four countries, playing a single test against each of the countries; Argentina, Canada, South Africa and the United States. The opening three tests, United States, Canada and Argentina, coinceded with the June international window, whereas the test against South Africa fell outside the international window. This meant players playing outside Scotland at club level were not permitted to be released by their clubs to represent Scotland against South Africa.
The tour was the start of the Vern Cotter era, after Head Coach Andy Robinson resigned in November 2012, and with the Scottish Rugby Union appointing the then interim Head Coach Scott Johnson, as Director of Rugby for Scotland. In the tour, Scotland lost their match to South Africa but won all three of their Americas tests.
Fixtures
| Date and time | Venue | Home | Score | Away |
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| 7 June 2014, 19:30 CDT (UTC-05) | BBVA Compass Stadium, Houston | United States |
6–24 |  Scotland |
| 14 June 2014, 14:10 EDT (UTC-04) | BMO Field, Toronto | Canada |
17–19 | Scotland |
| 20 June 2014, 16:20 ART (UTC-03) | Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes, Córdoba | Argentina |
19–21 | Scotland |
| 28 June 2014, 17:00 SAST (UTC+02) | Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth | South Africa |
55–6 | Scotland |
Squads
On 20 May, Head Coach Vern Cotter named two squads for the tour; a 27-man squad for the North America leg and a 25-man squad for the Argentina-South Africa leg - 9 players were initially named in both squads.[1] The reasoning behind the dual squad was for Cotter to look at as many players as possible within the first tour being in charge. It also meant that players playing outside Scotland at club level, were not selected in the Argentina-South Africa squad, which was predominantly made up of Glasgow Warriors and Edinburgh Rugby players.
Jack Cuthbert, Matt Scott, Ross Rennie and Ryan Wilson were not considered due to injury.
Head Coach: 
Vern Cotter
North America leg
On 1 June, Grayson Hart was added to the North America squad, in addition to the Argentina-South Africa squad, to cover the injured Chris Cusiter. While Mark Bennett was also added to the North America squad to cover the injured Alex Dunbar, who was ruled out of whole tour.[2]
On 2 June, Tom Heathcote and Ruaridh Jackson swapped positions on tour. Jackson was moved to the North America squad, and Heathcote was moved to the Argentina-South Africa squad.[3]
On 9 June, Tim Swinson and Peter Horne were added to the North America squad, in addition to the Argentina-South Africa squad, to cover the injured Duncan Taylor and Jim Hamilton.[4]
Note: Caps and ages are to pre United States match - 7 June 2014.
Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.
Argentina-South Africa legOn 2 June, Tom Heathcote and Ruaridh Jackson swapped positions on tour. Jackson was moved to the North America squad, and Heathcote was moved to the Argentina-South Africa squad.[3] On 15 June, Kieran Low and Blair Cowan was added to the Argentina-South Africa squad to face Argentina to cover the injured Kelly Brown and Alasdair Strokosch, who were under assessment to feature in the Argentina match.[5] On 16 June, Nick De Luca was added to the Argentina-South Africa squad to cover the backs.[6] On 21 June, Adam Ashe, Tyrone Holmes and Euan Murray were added to the squad ahead of the final tour match against South Africa.[7] Note: Caps and ages are to pre Argentina match - 20 June 2014. Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby. |
