Beattie Left Out As Glasgow Fast-Track Stand-Bys Ahead of Autumn Tests

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JOHN Beattie has been left out of the Glasgow team for tonight's crucial European Challenge Cup match with GRAN Parma as coach Shade Munro seeks to prove the team can cope without him.

The promising No8 will be absent from the pro side during next month's international window as he attempts to win a place in Frank Hadden's Scotland side for the autumn Tests. There is an agreement between the pro team coaches and Hadden for all players in the starting XV to play Romania on 11 November to be rested from next weekend's Magners League matches; they will, obviously, also miss the following week's league games.

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Beattie Left Out As Glasgow Fast-Track Stand-Bys Ahead of Autumn Tests

Scotland are vulnerable in the No8 spot, with Simon Taylor and Allister Hogg, the Edinburgh duo who have dominated the jersey in recent years, both recovering from injury and only Hogg expected to be fit for the first Test match. With Jon Petrie, the Scotland No8 in the last Test agai...

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