Vern Cotter has named the Scotland team to play Australia in the Rugby World Cup quarter-final on Sunday.

Fraser Brown and Tim Swinson are called into the starting XV in place of the banned Ross Ford and Jonny Gray, while Kevin Bryce and Alasdair Strokosch take their places on the bench.

Peter Horne starts in the 12 shirt instead of Matt Scott, with Richie Vernon on the bench.

Scotland Head Coach Cotter said: “It’s always nice to be part of the final eight of any qualifying competition, the guys are very excited about being here.

“We will go into this game with the belief that we can compete with and dominate a very strong Australian team, and move forward to the last four.

“They are a front-foot momentum team so defence will be key but also getting our hands on the ball and expressing ourselves as we like to.”

SCOTLAND TEAM TO PLAY AUSTRALIA

15. Stuart Hogg 14. Sean Maitland 13. Mark Bennett 12. Peter Horne 11. Tommy Seymour 10. Finn Russell 9. Greig Laidlaw; 1. Alasdair Dickinson 2. Fraser Brown 3. WP Nel 4. Tim Swinson 5. Richie Gray 6. Blair Cowan 7. John Hardie 8. Dave Denton

Replacements: 16. Kevin Bryce 17. Gordon Reid 18. Jon Welsh 19. Alasdair Strokosch 20. Josh Strauss 21. Henry Pyrgos 22. Richie Vernon 23. Sean Lamont