The 41-player group will gather for an initial training camp on 29 May to begin preparations for warm-up matches in the Famous Grouse Nations Series against France, Italy and Georgia at BT Murrayfield in July and August. Scotland also play France in an away warm-up in St. Etienne in August.

Before then, Head Coach Gregor Townsend will trim his squad to the requisite 33-player list ahead of the tournament itself, which gets underway in France in September.

Redpath has had some exhilarating moments in a Bath shirt this season, most notably his superb individual tries against Northampton Saints and Exeter Chiefs.

The 23-year-old burst onto the international scene with an outstanding debut performance in Scotland’s 11-6 win against England at Twickenham in 2021.

He added to his first cap in the 2022 Guinness Six Nations before scoring for the first time on his fourth outing against Argentina. In total, Redpath has five caps.

British & Irish Lion Russell joins Bath for the 2023/24 season and has plenty of international experience.

Earning 69 caps to date, the Scot debuted in 2014 against USA and has appeared at the last two Rugby World Cups in England and Japan.

He won his 50^th cap for Scotland against Georgia at the tail end of 2020 and earlier this year moved fourth on his country’s all-time points list during the Guinness Six Nations win over Wales at BT Murrayfield.

The Rugby World Cup itself will see Scotland compete in Pool B alongside South Africa, Ireland, Tonga and Romania, with a first fixture against the world champion Springboks on Sunday 10 September in Marseille.

Redpath and Russell included in extended Scotland World Cup squad

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