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Newcastle’s Kiran McDonald has done hard yards for Scotland call
Lock forward has had to do a lot of travelling over the past two seasons but his hard work might be about to get its reward
McDonald carries in the defeat by Harlequins but the lock may find a silver lining as the Scotland coaching team were in attendance to watch him
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Kiran McDonald has had to do a lot of travelling around these past two seasons, swapping Glasgow for Wasps then joining Munster on a short-term deal when the Coventry-based club went under.
The lock forward is now settled at Newcastle Falcons, but would embrace the need to put some more miles on the clock if Gregor Townsend were to name him in his Six Nations squad a week today.
The Scotland second-row situation appears somewhat fluid, with Richie Gray turning 35 later this year, his brother Jonny not having featured for Exeter since last April due to injury, Cameron Henderson out for the season with a serious knee issue and Sam Skinner only just returning after knee trouble of his own.
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