Scotland have named former England prop Alec Hepburn as teams begin to name their squads for the Six Nations
Hepburn has completed the three-year period to switch allegiance to the nation of his father's birth.
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The 30-year Exeter star won six England caps and last appeared for the country in 2018.
Leicester tighthead Will Hurd, Sale winger Arron Reed and Edinburgh back Harry Paterson are the other three new additions in Gregor Townsend's squad.
Northampton back Rory Hutchinson will be seeking to add to his eight caps as he returns for the first time since appearing in two Tests against Argentina in 2022. Gloucester stand-off Adam Hastings is back in after missing the World Cup last year through injury.
Former Wallaby Jack Dempsey and Glasgow teammates Rory Darge and Kyle Steyn made the selection despite recent injury lay-offs.
Darge is unlikely to be fit until midway through the tournament, which starts for Scotland with a trip to Wales on February 3.
The most notable absentees from Townsend's squad are 2021 British and Irish Lions trio Hamish Watson, Rory Sutherland and Chris Harris.
Dave Cherry, who departed the World Cup squad in September after falling down stairs at the team hotel in Nice, has also been omitted.
Meanwhile, new Italy coach Gonzalo Quesada on Tuesday named five new faces in his preliminary 34-man squad.
Among the new names in the squad is South-African born Ross Vintcent, the young Exeter flanker making the step up from the under-20s. The other four debutants are also among the forwards.
There are also a host of familiar faces from the team which under Quesada's predecessor Kieran Crowley made a mark in international rugby with an ambitious playing style.
Those include Toulouse full-back Ange Capuozzo, the undoubted star of the team, Montpellier fly-half Paolo Garbisi and Gloucester scrum-half Stephen Varney.
Quesada will cut back the squad following a training camp in Verona next week, ready for Italy's Six Nations opener at the Stadio Olimpico.
As for Wales and Warren Gatland, Exeter lock Dafydd Jenkins was appointed Wales captain as Jac Morgan, who skippered them at the World Cup, is likely to miss the Six Nations after knee surgery.
Gatland named five uncapped players in Cardiff quartet Cameron Winnett, Evan Lloyd, Alex Mann and Mackenzie Martin, plus Bath prop Archie Griffin.
Flyer Louis Rees-Zammit confirmed he will not take part as he attempts to make the NFL.
SCOTLAND
Forwards: Ewan Ashman, Josh Bayliss, Jamie Bhatti, Andy Christie, Luke Crosbie, Scott Cummings, Jack Dempsey, Rory Darge, Grant Gilchrist, Richie Gray, Matt Fagerson, Zander Fagerson, Alec Hepburn, Will Hurd, Johnny Matthews, WP Nel, Jamie Ritchie, Pierre Schoeman, Sam Skinner, George Turner, Glen Young
Backs: Adam Hastings, Ben Healy, George Horne, Darcy Graham, Rory Hutchinson, Huw Jones, Blair Kinghorn, Stafford McDowall, Harry Paterson, Ali Price, Cameron Redpath, Arron Reed, Kyle Rowe, Finn Russell, Kyle Steyn, Sione Tuipulotu, Duhan van der Merwe, Ben White
ITALY
Forwards: Pietro Ceccarelli, Danilo Fischetti, Matteo Nocera, Luca Rizzoli, Mirco Spagnolo, Giosue Zilocchi, Gianmarco Lucchesi, Marco Manfredi, Giacomo Nicotera Niccolo Cannone, Edoardo Iachizzi, Federico Ruzza, Andrea Zambonin, Lorenzo Cannone, Riccardo Favretto, Alessandro Izekor, Michele Lamaro, Sebastian Negri, Ross Vintcent, Manuel Zuliani
Backs: Alessandro Garbisi, Martin Page-Relo, Stephen Varney, Tommaso Allan, Paolo Garbisi, Juan Ignacio Brex, Tommaso Menoncello, Federico Mori, Marco Zanon, Pierre Bruno, Monty Ioane, Simone Gesi, Ange Capuozzo, Lorenzo Pani
WALES
Forwards: Corey Domachowski, Kemsley Mathias, Gareth Thomas, Elliot Dee, Ryan Elias, Evan Lloyd, Keiron Assiratti, Leon Brown, Archie Griffin, Adam Beard, Dafydd Jenkins, Will Rowlands, Teddy Williams, Taine Basham, James Botham, Alex Mann, Mackenzie Martin, Tommy Reffell, Aaron Wainwright
Backs: Gareth Davies, Kieran Hardy, Tomos Williams, Sam Costelow, Cai Evans, Ioan Lloyd, Mason Grady, George North, Joe Roberts, Nick Tompkins, Owen Watkin, Josh Adams, Rio Dyer, Tom Rogers, Cameron Winnett.
