Injured duo ruled out of Scotland's summer tour

Richie Gray is one of two players who'll miss the summer tour. Picture: Ian Rutherford

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Richie Gray and Sam Hidalgo-Clyne have been ruled out of Scotland's summer tour through injury.

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Lock Gray has been troubled by a back injury as well as illness while Hidalgo-Clyne, a late call-up for British and Irish Lions scrum-half Greig Laidlaw, has torn his hamstring.

Hidalgo-Clyne’s fellow Edinburgh scrum-half, Sean Kennedy, has been drafted in by Gregor Townsend for the games against Italy, Australia and Fiji.