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Blair ruled out

Scotland co-captain Mike Blair has been ruled out of Saturday's international with Australia.

The Edinburgh scrum-half failed a fitness test on the ankle he injured in Saturday's match against Fiji.

His place on the bench will be taken by Gloucester's Rory Lawson, who is promoted from the A squad.

Blair had to be carried from the field after coming on to replace co-captain Chris Cusiter in Saturday's 23-10 victory at Murrayfield.

He missed training on Monday and Tuesday and although he did feature later in the week, has not recovered sufficiently.

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