Scotland have made three changes to their starting line-up for Saturday's Six Nations match away to Italy.

George Horne takes over from Ben White at scrum-half, with White not in the squad.

And, in the back row, Andy Christie comes in for former captain Jamie Ritchie, who takes up a place among the replacements.

Another back-rower, Matt Fagerson, scrum-half Ali Priceand wing Kyle Rowe come into the squad as one of Ritchie's fellow substitutes.

Scotland, who have won their past 13 Tests against Gli Azzurri, have two wins from three so far in the championship and finish against Ireland in Dublin on 16 March.

Scotland: Kinghorn, Steyn, Jones, Redpath, Van der Merwe, Russell (co-capt), Horne; Schoeman, Turner, Z Fagerson, Gilchrist, Cummings, Christie, Darge (co-capt), Dempsey.

Replacements: Ashman, Hepburn, Millar-Mills, Skinner, Ritchie, M Fagerson, Price, Rowe.