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NELSPRUIT, South Africa -- Without its British and Irish Lions and further hampered by a raft of injuries, Scotland is finding the four-nation tournament in South Africa a stern test of its depth and grit ahead of the 2015 World Cup. Having lost to Samoa, one of its pool opponents at the World Cup, in a bruising battle last weekend, the Scots face a typically muscular Springbok forward pack in the next round of games on Saturday. South Africa, Samoa and Scotland all will be in the same group in England in 2015. Forced to make seven changes to its starting lineup, Scotland must find the physicality it lacked in its first-ever test loss to Samoa if it is to compete against the No. 2-ranked South Africa, interim coach Scott Johnson said. "Youre up against the second best team in the world that prides itself on its physicality," Johnson said after Saturdays 27-17 defeat to Samoa in Durban. "So, you dont have to be any mathematician or Rhodes Scholar to work out what we need to improve. And weve got to acknowledge that. "They wont be running away from that fact and I wont hide from that fact. Test footy is usually won by the side that is most clinical in that area, the collision." While Scotland will give three more players their first caps after fielding six debutants against Samoa, South Africa is seeking continuity after a 44-10 win over Italy to start its season. The Springboks have made two enforced changes, with experienced scrumhalf Ruan Pienaar in for the injured Jano Vermaak and flanker Marcell Coetzee replacing openside Francois Louw, who gets married on Sunday. Coetzees inclusion for Louw will add even more weight to the Springboks forwards. South Africa coach Heyneke Meyer also has rebranded his backline, with newcomers JJ Engelbrecht, Willie le Roux and Bjorn Basson adding pace to the experience of centre Jean de Villiers and prolific wing Bryan Habana. "Im very excited about those backs. Theyve showed some great patches and if they can build on that, I think well have an awesome backline, exciting to watch," Meyer said. South Africa, with its forward power and backline speed, will aim to launch attacks on two fronts against Scotland at Mbombela Stadium as it warms up for the southern hemisphere Rugby Championship. Scotland, however, is struggling badly with injuries, with captain Kelly Brown and flyhalf Tom Heathcote out and three front-rowers -- props Geoff Cross and Ryan Grant and hooker Pat MacArthur -- also unavailable. Cross and MacArthur have left the tour with injuries, while Grant was called up to the Lions in Australia. Scrumhalf Greig Laidlaw will captain the Scots for the first time and nine of Scotlands 23 to face the Springboks have less than 10 caps. "Id said from before we left Scotland that we wanted to find out about players through this tour and, perhaps, because of circumstances, some of that is being accelerated," Johnson said. In Saturdays first game, and the first rugby test at Nelspruits 2010 football World Cup stadium, a buoyant Samoa will face Italy, which lost 44-10 to South Africa in the opening round of the three-week, four-team tournament. Samoa combined its free-flowing attacking game with physicality up front to beat Scotland, while Italys confidence following a strong Six Nations showing was dented in a subdued performance against South Africa. The winner of that tussle will likely earn the right to face South Africa in the tournament final at Loftus Versfeld, with the Samoans best-placed in the mini league standings for a rare shot at the Springboks two years out from the World Cup. "It is something that we always set out to do, to play the likes of South Africa, New Zealand and Australia. Especially South Africa in South Africa," Samoa coach Stephen Betham said. "Wed love to play them (South Africa) but we still have Italy. 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Reigning world champion Eve Muirhead of Scotland opened with a 12-2 rout of Winnipegs Jennifer Jones in a battle of teams bound for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.While Halifax Moosehead forwards Nathan MacKinnon and Jonathan Drouin grabbed the spotlight with their championship-winning performance at the Memorial Cup, TSN Scout Craig Button believes Seth Jones is still the best blue-chipper going into this months NHL Draft. The Portland Winterhawks defenceman finished the 2012-13 season as Buttons No. 1 prospect in Craigs List and never gave up the top position since the first ranking was released last October. Jones, the top-ranked North American skater in NHL Central Scoutings final ranking and ranked second behind MacKinnon in the final list released by International Scouting Services, had 14 goals and 56 points in 61 regular season games with Portland along with five goals and 15 points in 21 playoff games. The top five remained unchanged from Aprils ranking, with Drouin ranked second followed by MacKinnon and forwards Aleksander Barkov and Valeri Nichushkin. Drouin and MacKinnon wowed both fans and scouts at the Memorial Cup last week, with MacKinnon tallying 13 points in four games - including a hat-trick in a 6-4 win in thee final.dddddddddddd Drouin - a native of Huberdeau, Que., who collected 41 goals and 64 assists in the regular season and won CHL player of the year honours - collected assists on five of those goals in the final game. There was a bit of movement rounding out the Top 10 with Ottawa 67s forward Sean Monahan up one spot from seventh to sixth and Halifax goalie Zachary Fucale going from ninth to seventh. Sault Ste. Marie blueliner Darnell Nurse is next at eighth, followed by Byrnas centre Elias Lindholm and forward Max Domi of the London Knights. Rimouski Oceanic defenceman Samuel Morin and Kelowna blueliner Madison Bowey were the biggest risers from April, moving up 19 spots to 13th and 24th respectively. For Craig Buttons final list click here (http://www.tsn.ca/draftcentre/feature/?id=49649). To join Craig for a live chat about his ranking, visit TSN.cas DraftCentre page on Wednesday at Noon et/9am pt. The 2013 NHL Draft can be seen live on TSN on Sunday, June 30 at 2:30pm et/11:30am pt and you can also follow each pick as theyre made on TSN.ca and TSN Mobile. ' ' '