Ten uncapped players have been included in the 36-man Scotland squad for next month's autumn tests by head coach Gregor Townsend.

The national side commence the 2017/18 season at BT Murrayfield against Samoa at BT Murrayfield on Saturday, November 11, before tests against New Zealand and Australia.

Four backs and six uncapped forwards are set to make their bow, with centres Phil Burleigh (Edinburgh Rugby), Chris Harris (Newcastle Falcons), wing Byron McGuigan (Sale Sharks) and scrum-half Nathan Fowles (Edinburgh Rugby) in the squad for the triple-header.

They are joined by front-row trio Jamie Bhatti, George Turner (both Glasgow Warriors) and Darryl Marfo (Edinburgh Rugby), Glasgow Warriors lock Scott Cummings and back-row forwards Luke Hamilton (Leicester Tigers) and Jamie Ritchie (Edinburgh Rugby) set to make their Scotland bow.