Yahoo Sports You are Townsend... who makes your Scotland XV?
Scotland head coach Gregor Townsend is a man famed for left-field selections - "The Toonie Tombola" as the fans often refer to his penchant for picking a team no one saw coming.
His call-up of the little-known Alex Masibaka this week certainly caught everyone by surprise, but Townsend's teams of recent times have been pretty consistent and many view Scotland as the most settled of the Six Nations sides.
Ahead of the tournament opener against Italy on Saturday, that consistency of selection has been disrupted by a string of injuries to key players, most notably the captain, Sione Tuipulotu.
So how should Townsend line up his side to face the Azzurri? Put yourself in the head coach's shoes and tell us who you think should take to the field at Murrayfield.
Dilemmas, dilemmas
The loss of Tuipulotu certainly creates a dilemma at inside centre, so who starts out of Stafford McDowall, Tom Jordan and Rory Hutchison to partner Huw Jones?
Who starts at lock in the absence of Scott Cummings?
Rory Darge and Finn Russell will share the captaincy, but does that mean both will always start?
While Scotland's primary objective is to get Ws on the board, the players will also harbour British and Irish Lions ambitions for this summer's tour to Australia.
So what do you think?
Have your say via this link about who should feature, first and foremost against the Italians but also in the championship as a whole.
