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really well at club level, has worked hard and shown a good appetite to improve. [Murray] Mccallum [who is on the bench] is a better option at loosehead than Darryl at the moment.”

Socino, a summer acquisition from Newcastle Falcons, gets an opportunity to stake a claim for the European games.

The 30-year-old former Jaguares man, who has four full Pumas caps, is the brother of 16-times capped Argentina hooker Santiago Socino.

Graham, the 21-year-old winger from Hawick, also gets his chance after a frustrating few weeks.

“He’s had injuries in the early part of the season, which is disappointing. He’s played a couple of club games and

“If guys don’t perform then other guys get the opportunities. Dougie Fife has not performed well enough so Darcy gets his chance to play. He works very hard and he’s still very young.

“We all think a lot of him so why shouldn’t he get an opporend