Tom Heathcote has been named in the starting XV for Scotland A's game against the England Saxons at Kingston Park on Friday, February 1st (kick-off 8pm).

Heathcote, who earned his first and only cap to date in the 2012 EMC Tests, starts at stand-off for Head Coach Shade Munro's side in their Six Nations Championship opener.

Last season Scotland's back-up senior side ran in four unanswered tries to win 35-0 against their English counterparts at Netherdale, and now prepare for a return fixture at Kingston Park, the home of Newcastle Falcons.

Munro said: "This is the first senior representative match of 2013 for a Scottish side and, as an opener for the RBS 6 Nations Championship, we have the opportunity to put a marker down and show what Scottish rugby is about, while those selected have an excellent chance to show why they deserve to feature in the remainder of the RBS 6 Nations campaign.

"However, with just one game for the Scotland A team this season, these elements are really an aside to our main objective. Everything this team has done has been designed to put us in a position to beat the England Saxons".

Fans can watch the game live on Sky Sports 2 from 7:30pm.

Scotland A starting XV to face England Saxons

15 Greig Tonks (Edinburgh Rugby)â¨â¨

14 Duncan Taylor (Saracens)

â¨13 Alex Grove (Worcester Warriors)

12 Alex Dunbar (Glasgow Warriors)

â¨11 Nikki Walker (Worcester Warriors)

10 Tom Heathcote (Bath Rugby)

â¨9 Sean Kennedy (Glasgow Warriors)

â¨â¨1 Alasdair Dickinson (Sale Sharks) 

2 Steven Lawrie (Edinburgh Rugby)

â¨3 Jon Welsh (Glasgow Warriors)

â¨4 Tom Ryder (Glasgow Warriors)

5 Tim Swinson (Glasgow Warriors)

â¨6 Stuart McInally (Edinburgh Rugby)

â¨7 Richie Vernon (Sale Sharks)

â¨8 Ryan Wilson (Glasgow Warriors) (c)

â¨â¨Substitutesâ¨

16 Alun Walker (Edinburgh Rugby)

â¨17 Grant Shiells (Newcastle Falcons)

â¨18 Gordon Reid (Glasgow Warriors)

â¨19 Robert McAlpine (Edinburgh Rugby)â¨

20 James Eddie (Glasgow Warriors)â¨

21 Jamie Stevenson (London Scottish)

â¨22 Ben Cairns (Edinburgh Rugby)â¨

23 Dougie Fife (Edinburgh Rugby)