1 Oct 2013

4 NRL players in Scotland rugby league squad

11:18 am on 1 October 2013

Gold Coast Titans fullback Matt Russell is among six uncapped players named in Scotland's 23-man squad for the Rugby League World Cup which starts at the end of the month.

The Irvine-born 20-year-old is one of four players in the squad who play in Australia's National Rugby League.

Brisbane Broncos halfback Peter Wallace, Gold Coast prop Luke Douglas and North Queensland Cowboys centre Kane Linnett are the others.

The Scotland squad contains 10 players who play in the British Super League.