#3. RUARIDH MCCONNOCHIE to SCOTLAND
The winger, who was capped twice by England in 201i9, was named in Scotland’s Six Nations training squad back in January.
The 31-year-old winger who plays club rugby for Bath qualifies to wear the thistle through World Rugby’s controversial new eligibility law which allows a player to switch allegiance if they complete a three-year stand-down period and have a close and credible link to the country they have moved to via birthright.
“My mum and dad are both Scottish through and through,” said McConnochie in a 2016 newspaper interview, soon after he committed to playing sevens for England.
“‘They’ve had a good joke about it all. They’ve not disowned me yet.”