Vern Cotter has made four changes from the side that pushed New Zealand close for the visit of Tonga this weekend, all of them injury-enforced.

Tim Visser starts on the wing in place of Sean Maitland, who has a hamstring strain, while just inside him Sean Lamont replaces clubmate Mark Bennett, who is also out with hamstring troubles.

In the pack, Geoff Cross gets a first start of the autumn, replacing Euan Murray, who has a thigh strain. The final change sees Johnnie Beattie start at number eight for Adam Ashe, who is struggling with a neck injury.

Ryan Grant, Alasdair Strokosch and Duncan Taylor are drafted onto the bench in place of those who have stepped up to the starting XV.

Scotland team to play Tonga:

15 Stuart Hogg (Glasgow Warriors); 26 caps
14 Tommy Seymour (Glasgow Warriors); 12 caps
13 Sean Lamont (Glasgow Warriors); 90 caps
12 Alex Dunbar (Glasgow Warriors); 3 tries
11 Tim Visser (Edinburgh Rugby); 14 caps
10 Finn Russell (Glasgow Warriors); 4 caps
9 Greig Laidlaw CAPTAIN (Gloucester); 33 caps

1 Alasdair Dickinson (Edinburgh Rugby); 38 caps
2 Ross Ford (Edinburgh Rugby); 79 caps
3 Geoff Cross (London Irish); 34 caps
4 Richie Gray (Castres); 41 caps
5 Jonny Gray (Glasgow Warriors); 7 caps
6 Rob Harley (Glasgow Warriors); 9 caps
7 Blair Cowan (London Irish); 5 caps
8 Johnnie Beattie (Castres); 33 caps

Replacements:

16 Fraser Brown (Glasgow Warriors); 2caps
17 Gordon Reid (Glasgow Warriors); 5 caps
18 Ryan Grant (Glasgow Warriors); 18 caps
19 Kieran Low (London Irish); 4 caps
20 Alasdair Strokosch (Perpignan); 41 caps
21 Chris Cusiter (Sale Sharks); 69 caps
22 Duncan Weir (Glasgow Warriors); 17 caps
23 Duncan Taylor (Saracens); 11 caps