scotland centre alex dunbar could miss the rugby world cup – after collapsing with suspected ligament damage to his left knee in training on thursday dunbar had been named in the xv to face england in saturday's calcutta cup clash at twickenham but, running on his own just an hour before selection was announced this morning, he changed direction and his knee simply gave way the damage is being scanned at a private hospital in edinburgh, while a specialist will need to examine the images before making a final diagnosis alex dunbar faces a race against time to be fit for the rugby world cup after injuring his knee at training  while scotland coaching staff are hopeful that he may only have torn his cartilage, putting him out of action for around six weeks, there is a real fear that dunbar has sustained damage to his acl – which means up to six months on the sidelines matt scott, who had been due to start on the bench, will take dunbar's place in the starting line up on saturday scotland centre dunbar was due to start against england in the calcutta cup on saturday  david denton, jim hamilton and dougie fife will all start for scotland against england on saturday after vern cotter made five changes to his starting xv stand off finn russell also returns to the dark blues line up for the penultimate rbs 6 nations clash at twickenham after suspension ruled him out of the 22 19 defeat to italy at murrayfield two weeks ago the scots are desperate to restore pride in the calcutta cup meeting following three straight defeats to france, wales and the azzurri edinburgh number eight denton   the only player among the incoming five not to have featured in this year's competition   replaces johnnie beattie after shaking off the calf strain which has kept him out of action so far denton's gunners team mates fife   a try scorer against france in round one   and matt scott replace injured wing sean lamont and centre alex dunbar, who are both ruled out with knee complaints russell, meanwhile, starts in place of peter horne while experienced saracens lock hamilton takes the place of benched forward tim swinson cotter said: 'jim comes in and will bring his physicality and understanding of english rugby to our forward pack 'it's good to have dave denton back as he provides us with strong ball carrying and strong defence he's also a very good lineout forward and will give us a bit more physical density against a big forward pack 'it's been tough on finn to sit out and it's great to have him back he's slotted straight back in to the structure we're looking for 'finally, dougie came on and played well against france and has had a couple of games with his club 'we're looking for him to bring his enthusiasm, energy and high work rate, particularly in kick chase and receipt' tighthead prop euan murray, meanwhile, will equal allan jacobsen's all time appearance record for a scotland prop when he collects his 65th cap dunbar, here showing his disappointment after scotland's loss to wales, awaits results of scans on his knee  he will partner alasdair dickinson and fit again ross ford, who has recovered from the back spasm suffered against italy to start in an experienced front row jonny gray remains in the second row to pack down with hamilton, while blair cowan and rob harley start together for the sixth consecutive time in the back row, alongside denton captain greig laidlaw will again partner the returning russell from scrum half, with the back line completed by glasgow warriors trio mark bennett, tommy seymour and stuart hogg hogg, fife, bennett, scott, seymour, russell, laidlaw dickinson, ford, murray, hamilton, gray, harley, cowan and denton  subs: brown, grant, cross, swinson, beattie, ashe, hidalgo clyne, tonks  cotter added: 'this is a very important game 'it will be played away from home at a very intense level and will allow us to assess further our ability to operate away from home in a hostile environment 'our focus, however, has been on ourselves and how we can perform better, by identifying the areas that we can control   like improving our skill sets and reinforcing our cohesion   to withstand the difficult times and also apply some pressure'
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