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Twenty-times capped Glasgow hooker Fraser Brown is promoted from the bench in place of Ross Ford who drops to the bench and has a good chance of gaining his 103rd cap.

Like France, they too are improving game on game and in this year of the British & Irish Lions, they boast a number of contenders hoping to force their way into Warren Gatland’s reckoning – no more so than outstanding fullback Stuart Hogg and second-row Jonny Gray.

Cotter’s policy of building strength in depth in the squad showed as he recalled Josh Strauss, Huw Jones and Fraser Brown. We look at who could start the first test against the All Blacks. We know we will have to be at our best.

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“If you read the media, players are talking about the Lions, about the tour, how they want to be a Lion”.

“It’s a team that had a bit of time together in the autumn”, he said.

Leaning backwards in a plush armchair, McCaw seemed to relish finally taking a half-step back – something he never would have countenanced during his combative playing days.

“I’m just having a look at the training session, the intensity of the session and how it ran and I was able to got to the team meeting before training”.

“Although he hasn’t had the games, he still seems to have the reflexes”.

“When [Hogg] talks about respect he is talking about starting a bit slow and feeling the game out – we can not do that”. Or whether it’s their more fleet-footed guys, the likes of Tommy Seymour, Hogg, Maitland aided by Dunbar and Huw Jones, and Watson is the link between the two.

On this week’s edition of the Oval Office, we discuss Ireland’s selection policy for overseas players, the England captaincy and more…

Despite back-to-back defeats to Australia and New Zealand, France finally looked to be on the brink of something special towards the end of previous year.

But Ireland will surely target Scotland in the scrummage, where Allan Dell and Zander Fagerson continue after the autumn.

Saturday’s Edinburgh affair will be a grand stage for the Glasgow Warriors playmaker to test his mettle against stiff opposition, and his back-line interplay will be crucial to any hopes of a home win.

For the rest of us, and Gatland, the debates and discussions are only going to grow in the coming weeks as individuals stand out and others succumb to injury or poor form.

Edinburgh’s Allan Dell, and Glasgow duo Fraser Brown and Zander Fagerson have just nine Test starts between them (three each), but 100-cap Best warns their lack of global appearances will not make for an easy ride.

England have gained momentum since their 2015 World Cup humiliation, and will have some tricky games in the shape of Wales in Cardiff in particular.

“He is a key member of their team and there will be times when he is involved, and we will have to put that pressure on”, added Cotter.