Scotland have confirmed that Jamie Ritchie and Elliot Millar Mills have been ruled out of their Nations Championship squad after suffering knee injuries at the weekend.

Edinburgh trio Ollie Blyth-Lafferty, Freddy Douglas and D’arcy Rae have been called into the squad.

Flanker Ritchie went off early in his second appearance for Glasgow and head coach Franco Smith stated afterwards that he expected the forward to be out for about four weeks.

The former Edinburgh and Scotland captain has had a difficult 2026, suffering a knee injury in Scotland’s Calcutta Cup win over England in February, which ruled him out of the rest of the Guinness Six Nations.

He then missed Scotland’s summer encounters after picking up an ankle injury in his final game for Perpignan in May.

The 30-year-old was gradually introduced to action with his new club but lasted only eight minutes of Warriors’ 29-20 win over Lions in the BKT United Rugby Championship.

Prop Millar Mills suffered a leg injury just four minutes into Newcastle’s…