WORCESTER Warriors fly-half Duncan Weir has been called into Scotland’s squad for Saturday’s Guinness Six Nations against France in Paris.

Weir, who won the last of his 27 Scotland caps against Italy at Murrayfield two years ago, has been in sparkling form for Warriors since he arrived at Sixways from Edinburgh last summer.

He trained with Scotland during their Autumn Internationals programme in November and has been added to their squad for the trip to the Stade de France as Finn Russell, who has started against Italy and Ireland, suffered a head injury playing for Racing 92 against Toulouse in France’s Top 14 competition on Sunday.

Russell is now subject to further monitoring and the graduated return-to-play protocol.

Weir is one of six players called up by Scotland head coach Gregor Townsend along with Edinburgh trio Magnus Bradbury Dougie Fife and James Johnstone and Glasgow Warriors front-row forwards Zander Fagerson and George Turner..

They replace the injured Glasgow Warriors pair George Horne (shoulder) and Stafford McDowall (ankle), as well as front-row forwards David Cherry, Murray McCallum (both Edinburgh) and Jake Kerr (Leicester Tigers).

Weir, 27, has scored 169 points in all rugby this season, 118 of them in the Gallagher Premiership which is second only to George Ford of Leicester Tigers.