In total Scotland make five changes from the team that completed a 100% winning record in Australasia during the summer for their first match of the season, Sunday’s EMC Test against New Zealand at Murrayfield.
Along with uncapped scrum-half Henry, prop Ryan Grant has won his first Murrayfield start while full-back Stuart Hogg, wing Sean Lamont, stand-off Ruaridh Jackson and our club captain Alastair Kellock are all involved in the matchday 23.
Former Warriors back-rower Kelly Brown, who is now plying his trade at Saracens, captains the side in his 50th appearance for the national team.
The match is a near 67,144 sell-out with only a few single tickets left around the stadium, while the second EMC Test of the month at Murrayfield – against South Africa on Saturday 17 November – has already sold almost 50,000 tickets.
Scotland team
15 Stuart Hogg (Glasgow Warriors)
14 Sean Lamont (Glasgow Warriors)
13 Nick De Luca (Edinburgh Rugby)
12 Matt Scott (Edinburgh Rugby)
11 Tim Visser (Edinburgh Rugby)
10 Greig Laidlaw (Edinburgh Rugby)
9 Mike Blair (Brive)
1 Ryan Grant (Glasgow Warriors)
2 Ross Ford (Edinburgh Rugby)
3 Geoff Cross (Edinburgh Rugby)
4 Richie Gray (Sale Sharks)
5 Jim Hamilton (Gloucester)
6 Alasdair Strokosch (Perpignan)
7 Ross Rennie (Edinburgh Rugby)
8 Kelly Brown (Saracens) CAPTAIN
Substitutes
16 Scott Lawson (London Irish)
17 Allan Jacobsen (Edinburgh Rugby)
18 Kyle Traynor (Bristol Rugby)
19 Alastair Kellock (Glasgow Warriors)
20 David Denton (Edinburgh Rugby)
21 Henry Pyrgos (Glasgow Warriors)
22 Ruaridh Jackson (Glasgow Warriors)
23 Max Evans (Castres Olympique)